HR 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.
(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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