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H.R. 3589 (115th)

COST Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

28 July 2017

Last action

28 July 2017 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Sponsors

Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]

Subjects

Budget

Source updated

11 August 2025

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Summary

Cost of Services and Translations Act or the COST Act This bill requires federal agency Chief Financial Officers to include multilingual services accounting information in their mandatory annual reports to the agency head and to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The bill defines "multilingual services" to include: (1) services provided by interpreters hired by an agency; (2) services resulting in additional expenses which an agency provides to assist its employees or contractors to learn a non-English language; (3) agency preparation, translation, printing, or recordation of materials in a language other than English; and (4) services provided or performed for the federal government by agency employees or contractors that require speaking a non-English language that result in wage differentials or benefits provided by the agency. The bill requires the annual financial management status report of the OMB to certain congressional committees to contain a Multilingual Services Expenses Report that includes: (1) a summary and analysis of the multilingual services accounting information prepared by each agency Chief Financial Officer, and (2) a description of any changes to the existing financial management structure of the federal government needed to establish an integrated individual agency accounting of all multilingual services conducted by each agency. The OMB shall issue guidance that an agency Chief Financial Officer must follow in compiling multilingual services accounting information.

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Timeline

  1. 28 July 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 July 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 July 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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