Multilingual Services Accounting Act

Summary

Multilingual Services Accounting Act - Requires federal agency Chief Financial Officers to include multilingual services accounting information in their mandatory annual reports to the agency head and to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 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. Requires the OMB Director's annual financial management status report 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. Requires the OMB Director to issue guidance that an agency Chief Financial Officer must follow in compiling multilingual services accounting information.

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Timeline

1. 25 September 2008

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 September 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 September 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House · 25 September 2008 · Official file

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 September 2008

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 September 2008

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• Introduced in House

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