[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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