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Calendar No. 626
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3296
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 1, 2021
Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
December 12, 2022
Reported by Ms. Cantwell, with amendments
Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic
A BILL
To require the TSA to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major airports can be better understood by more people accessing such airports, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act
or the TRANSLATE Act
.
Plan to improve materials disseminated by Transportation Security Administration
In general
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major airports can be better understood by individuals accessing such airports.
Contents
The plan required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
An identification of the most common languages other than English that are the primary languages of individuals that travel through or work in each major airport.
A plan to improve—
TSA materials to communicate information in languages identified pursuant to paragraph (1); and
the communication of TSA material to individuals with vision or hearing impairments or other possible barriers to understanding such material.
Considerations
In developing the plan required under subsection (a), the Administrator, acting through the Office of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and Traveler Engagement of the Transportation Security Administration, shall consider data regarding the following:
International enplanement.
Local populations surrounding major airports.
Languages spoken by members of Indian Tribes within each service area population in which a major airport is located.
Implementation
Not later than 180 days after the submission of the plan required under subsection (a), the Administrator, in consultation with the owner or operator of each major airport, shall implement such plan.
GAO review
Not later than 1 year after the implementation pursuant to subsection (d) of the plan required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—
conduct a review of such implementation; and
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on such review.
Definitions
In this section:
Administrator
The term Administrator
means the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
Indian tribe
The term Indian Tribe means an Indian Tribe, as defined in section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130), individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5131).
Major airport
The term major airport
means an airport classified by the Transportation Security Administration as a Category X or Category I airport.
Non-traveling individual
The term non-traveling individual
has the meaning given such term in section 1560.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
TSA material
The term TSA material
means signs, videos, audio messages, websites, press releases, social media postings, and other communications published and disseminated by the Administrator in major airports for use by both traveling and non-traveling individuals.
December 12, 2022
Reported with amendments