House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Language Access for All Act of 2026
Official title: To improve access to Federal services by individuals with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Grace Meng D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7223.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution [page H10170]Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7223, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7223
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), J. Correa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2512 (119th) Hot Foods Act of 2025
- H.R. 3644 (119th) Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1243 (119th) Recognizing the significance of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the…
- H.R. 3551 (119th) Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.