U.S.ENGLISH believes that the passage of English as the official language will help to expand opportunities for immigrants to learn and speak English, the single greatest empowering tool that immigrants must have to succeeed.

Currently, U.S.ENGLISH is working with members of the House of Representatives and Senate to help pass official English legislation in the 106th Congress. In 1996 U.S.ENGLISH was instrumental in helping to pass H.R. 123, "The Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996" in the House of Representatives. H.R. 123 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 259-169, with 36 Democrats joining Republicans in this historic vote. Unfortunately, the Senate failed to act on the bill before the session was over.

On the state level, 25 states have English as their official language and several more are considering similar legislation. In the last four years, Alaska, Georgia, Montana, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming and Missouri have enacted some form of official English legislation with the help of U.S.ENGLISH.

U.S.ENGLISH, Inc. is a separate organization from the U.S.ENGLISH Foundation, which promotes English education and public awareness of issues surrounding our common language.

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