A bill to declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
113th Congress, 2013–2015
This bill was introduced on March 5, 2013, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.
Position statements
History
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May 6, 2009
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 991 (111th). |
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Mar 8, 2011
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 503 (112th). |
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Mar 5, 2013
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Mar 9, 2015
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 678 (114th). |
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Mar 21, 2017
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 678 (115th). |
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Mar 6, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 678. |
S. 464 (113th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2013 to Jan 2, 2015. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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