Directs the Secretary of Transportation using federal highway funds to provide that all highway safety signs within five miles of a Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (Department of Homeland Security) inspection station located at the U.S. border with: (1) Canada, are in French and English; and (2) Mexico, are in Spanish and English.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 3814 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3814
To ensure that highway safety signs within 5 miles of a border
checkpoint in the United States are bilingual.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 15, 2005
Mr. Sweeney (for himself and Mr. McHugh) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To ensure that highway safety signs within 5 miles of a border
checkpoint in the United States are bilingual.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BILINGUAL HIGHWAY SAFETY SIGNS NEAR BORDER CHECKPOINTS.
The Secretary of Transportation using funds made available under
title 23, United States Code, shall provide that all highway safety
signs within 5 miles of any inspection station operated by the Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security
and permanently located in the United States at the borders of--
(1) Canada, are in French and English; and
(2) Mexico, are in Spanish and English.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
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