8.0383 R: English as the Official Language of the US (1/49)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 11 Mar 1995 13:08:25 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0383. Saturday, 11 Mar 1995.

Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 15:18:44 -0500 (EST)
From: John Merritt Unsworth <jmu2m@jefferson.village.virginia.edu>
Subject: English as the Official Language

Mr. Guest,

In answer to your question:


Declaration of Official Language Act of 1995
(Introduced in the House)

HR 739 IH

104th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 739

To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official
language of the Government of the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 30, 1995

Mr. Roth (for himself, Mr. Packard, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Bartlett of
Maryland, Mr. Parker, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Coble, Mr. Archer,
Mr. Callahan, Mr. Bunning of Kentucky, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Stump, Mr.
Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Lipinski,
Mr. Hancock, Mr. Royce, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Ney, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Solomon,
Mr. Kingston, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. King) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and
Educational Opportunities


A BILL

To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official
language of the Government of the United States.

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The above information, plus full text of the bill, text of the
congressional record relevant to the bill, etc. is available via the
World-Wide Web at Thomas, the legislative information server of the US
Congress, at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html

John Unsworth
Director, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
University of Virginia