H.R. 4832: One America, Many Voices Act
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H.R. 4832: One America, Many Voices Act
111th Congress · introduced 2010-03-11 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-03-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
One America, Many Voices Act
Plain summary
One America, Many Voices Act - Entitles an employee in a position requiring the use of one or more languages besides English to premium pay amounting to 5% of the employee's rate of basic pay. Declares that this requirement does not apply to an employee in a position the classification of which takes into account such language requirement, except: (1) to the extent that the rates of basic pay for the position are not at least 5% greater than the rates that would otherwise apply in the absence of the language requirement; and (2) in other circumstances as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may prescribe.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
One America, Many Voices Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] · 14 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Judy Chu (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr4832.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr4832 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111