Court Interpreters Act

Summary

Bilingual Courts Act - Requires that proceedings in U.S. district courts, in criminal and civil actions, be conducted bilingually where it is determined that a party to or a witness in, such proceedings does not understand the English language. Directs the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to determine and supply the personnel and facilities necessary to conduct such proceedings.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 20 April 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 20 April 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 November 1977

   Reported

   Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 95-569.

   Source: Committee

4. 1 November 1977

   Reported

   Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 95-569.

   Source: Committee

5. 4 November 1977

   Floor

   Call of calendar in Senate.

   Source: Floor

6. 4 November 1977

   Passed

   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.

   Source: Floor

7. 8 November 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

8. 10 October 1978

   Passed

   Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 14030.

   Source: Floor

9. 10 October 1978

   Passed

   Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 14030.

   Source: Floor

10. 10 October 1978

    Floor

    Measure considered in House.

    Source: Floor

11. 10 October 1978

    Discharge

    Committee on the Judiciary discharged in House.

    Source: Discharge

12. 10 October 1978

    Committee

    Committee on the Judiciary discharged in House.

    Source: Committee

13. 13 October 1978

    Passed

    Senate agreed to House amendments.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

14. 13 October 1978

    President

    Measure enrolled in Senate.

    Source: President

15. 13 October 1978

    President

    Measure enrolled in House.

    Source: President

16. 13 October 1978

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments.

    Source: NotUsed

17. 27 October 1978

    Floor

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: Floor

18. 27 October 1978

    President

    Measure presented to President.

    Source: President

19. 28 October 1978

    President

    Public Law 95-539.

    Source: President

20. 28 October 1978

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

21. 28 October 1978

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 29 October 1978

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 October 1978

  Open at official source

  Leesvertaling

  Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

  Vertaal naarNL · DutchDE · GermanFR · FrenchES · SpanishIT · ItalianPL · PolishPT · PortugueseSV · SwedishDA · DanishFI · FinnishEL · GreekCS · CzechHU · HungarianRO · RomanianBG · BulgarianHR · CroatianSK · SlovakSL · SlovenianLT · LithuanianLV · LatvianET · EstonianGA · IrishMT · Maltese

  Vertaal document

  Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 April 1977

  Open at official source

  Leesvertaling

  Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

  Vertaal naarNL · DutchDE · GermanFR · FrenchES · SpanishIT · ItalianPL · PolishPT · PortugueseSV · SwedishDA · DanishFI · FinnishEL · GreekCS · CzechHU · HungarianRO · RomanianBG · BulgarianHR · CroatianSK · SlovakSL · SlovenianLT · LithuanianLV · LatvianET · EstonianGA · IrishMT · Maltese

  Vertaal document

  Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Court Interpreters Act

Related across the Repo ecosystem

Direct relationships are identifier-backed. Topic context means shared TopicMembership — not a citation and not causation.