119-hr3648

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3648 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3648

 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the 
 deployment of innovative real-time transcription and translation 
 technology to improve the transit rider experience for deaf, hard of 
 hearing, and limited English proficient individuals.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 29, 2025

 Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the 
 deployment of innovative real-time transcription and translation 
 technology to improve the transit rider experience for deaf, hard of 
 hearing, and limited English proficient individuals.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Transit Captions Innovations Act''.

SEC. 2. INNOVATIONS IN LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY.

 

Section 5312

    (e)

    (3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in paragraph
        (B) , by striking ``or'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph
            (C) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; or''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (D) the deployment of real-time transcription and 
 translation technology to improve the rider experience 
 for deaf, hard of hearing, and limited English 
 proficient individuals.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

 

Section 5338

    (a)

    (2)
        (G) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in paragraph
            (i) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph
            (ii) , by inserting ``and'' at the end; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, 
 $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2028, $4,202,500 for 
 fiscal year 2029, $4,307,562 for fiscal year 
 2030, and $4,415,251 for fiscal year 2031 shall 
 be available to carry out projects eligible 
 under 

section 5312

    (e)

    (3)
            (D) ;''.
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