{"format":1,"id":"117-s-1402","congress":117,"number":"S. 1402","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-337","introduced":"2021-04-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-12-22","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h545","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2021","result":"Passed","yea":337,"nay":79,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll545.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-12-19","vote":null,"how":"voice_vote","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7289)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2023-01-05"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-337.","date":"2023-01-05"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-01-05","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This act directs the President to review whether federal agencies are in compliance with requirements to promote the use of Native American languages and make recommendations to improve interagency coordination to support the use of these languages. It also requires the Administration for Native Americans to survey the use of Native American languages in the United States."}],"words":65},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Native American Languages Act to require a federal evaluation and report on Native American language laws and programs, and a recurring survey of the use of Native American languages in the United States.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}]},"core_areas":["Federal evaluation and report under the Native American Languages Act","Recurring survey of Native American language use","Tribal consultation and outreach for language surveys","Authorization of appropriations for the survey"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President, within 1 year of enactment, to require heads of federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to carry out the evaluation described in section 106(a)(1) of the Native American Languages Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}},{"text":"Requires the President to report to Congress on the evaluation results and on recommendations from the Secretaries of the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Education for amending federal laws, made after consulting Indian tribes, traditional leaders, and language communities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, to survey the use of all Native American languages in the United States within 18 months of enactment and every 5 years after.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}},{"text":"Directs the survey to ask which Native American languages are spoken, estimates of speaker numbers, current language maintenance and revitalization projects, and unmet language resource needs of tribes and language communities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to design each survey in consultation with Indian tribes and to carry out outreach, and states that no tribe, language community, or speaker is required to participate or to give culturally sensitive information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}},{"text":"Authorizes $1,500,000 to be appropriated for each fiscal year preceding a fiscal year in which a survey is conducted and for each fiscal year during which a survey is conducted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr#idbe1a522508624bf8bbba3bca9ffa3b51:~:text=2.%20Ensuring%20the%20survival%20and%20continuing%20vitality"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1402/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-1402.png","v":"196384a8676e","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 1402, 117th Congress: Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022. House: 337 Yea, 79 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 5 Jan 2023."}}