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House vote: H.R. 5574 // November 18, 2021Needed two-thirds to pass

TRANSLATE Act

Sponsor: Dina Titus (D-NV)

TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act or the TRANSLATE Act This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major airports is better understood by people accessing such airports, including by foreign language speakers and people with vision or hearing impairments. In developing the plan, the TSA must take into consideration data regarding international enplanement and local populations surrounding major airports.

Transportation and Public Works Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

369 votes, representing 217,779,894 people84.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

49 votes, representing 30,056,629 people11.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon36984.5%
NayLost4911.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.9%