Bilingual Courts Act

Summary

Bilingual Courts Act - Requires that, whenever a Federal district judge, a United States magistrate, or a referee in bankruptcy, is located in a district in which at least four percent or 40,000 of the residents do not speak or understand English determines that a party or a witness does not speak or understand English, such proceeding or appropriate portion thereof shall be (1) simultaneously translated through an interpreter certified by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States courts and (2) recorded verbatim.

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Timeline

1. 24 January 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 January 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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