Language Access for All Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7223 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7223 To improve access to Federal services by individuals with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2026 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Chu, Mr. Goldman of New York, and Mr. Vargas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve access to Federal services by individuals with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Language Access for All Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. IMPROVING ACCESS TO FEDERAL SERVICES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. (a) Ensuring Meaningful Access.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall ensure that individuals with LEP can meaningfully access the federally conducted programs and activities of the agency, including by-- (A) consistent with any applicable Language Access Technical Standards established by the agency under subsection (c)-- (i) translating each vital document or content created for the public into-- (I) any languages the agency frequently encounters; and (II) the dominant languages spoken in the United States based on current U.S. Census data; and (ii) adding multilingual functionality to agency digital and information technology systems to identify and track the spoken and written language needs of people who engage with the agency and to provide documents and content in other languages; (B) providing oral interpretation, sight translation, and teleph