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H.R. 4464

110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4464

To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 12, 2007

Mr. PRICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. MCKEON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. FEENEY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HELLER of Nevada, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. MARCHANT, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WESTMORELAND, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Common Sense English Act'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
  • (1) throughout the history of the United States, English has been the common thread to unify the American people much as they are united under one flag;
  • (2) Americans overwhelmingly believe that it is very important for people living in the United States to speak and understand English;
  • (3) there is vast support among the American people to allow a company to require its employees to speak English while on the job;
  • (4) the EEOC has sued the Salvation Army for implementing an `English in the Workplace' policy which gives employees a year to learn English; and
  • (5) when a group of employees speaks a language other than English in the workplace, it may cause misunderstandings, create dangerous circumstances, and undermine morale.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERMISSIBLE.

Section 703 of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2) is amended by adding at the end the following: `(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require employees to speak English while engaged in work.'.

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