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Official English laws pending in Congress Click here to tell your state legislators to support official English. Representative Peter King (R-NY) and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) have introduced the National Language Act, which is H.R. 769 in the House and S. 1335 in the Senate. Representative Steve King of Iowa and more than 100 other congressmen are sponsoring H.R. 997, the English Unity Act. Rep. Tom Tancredo's H.J. Res 19 proposes an official-English amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Peter King's H.R. 768 would rescind Executive Order 13166, the federal mandate to provide services in hundreds of foreign languages. Senator Elizabeth Dole has also proposed S. 2719 to repeal Executive Order 13166. ProEnglish opposes H.R. 900, a contrived effort to pressure Puerto Rico into accepting statehood, and H.R. 1645, the Gutierrez-Flake immigration plan, which fails to provide adequate incentives for immigrants to learn English. ProEnglish supports Congressman Tom Price’s H.R. 4464, which would allow employers to require employees to speak English while at work. Official English laws pending in the states Delaware: Senate Bill 130 establishes English as the common language of Delaware. Kentucky: Statute strengthens existing Official English laws; Pending
House committee actions Ohio: House Bill 477 would designate English as the official language of Ohio. Pennsylvania: House Bill 1958 would make English the official language of the Commonwealth. Rhode Island: A bill in the Rhode Island Assembly includes a clause requiring English for official publications of agencies and department of Rhode Island. Also, House Bill 7024 would establish English as the official language of Rhose Island. South Carolina: Requires all State agencies and political subdivisions of the State to offer all services, publications, printed audio and video materials, and test in an English-only format. Virginia: House Bill 55 would designate English as the official language of Virginia. Wisconsin: Assembly Bill 806 would make English the official language of the Wisconsin.
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