PRIA Logo™
119-s-3883119th Congress

Language Access to Gun Violence Prevention Strategies Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

Introduced

Summary

Language access is made central to gun violence prevention. This bill would require translated, culturally competent materials, community review, funding, and LEP-focused grant priorities so people with limited English proficiency can use extreme risk orders, safe-storage guidance, and related mental health resources.

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Grants must reach limited English speakers

If enacted, grant programs under 34 U.S.C. 10152 would have to include meaningful engagement with community groups serving people with limited English. Public-facing documents would need translation into any non-English language spoken by at least 3 percent or 500 people, whichever is less, of the population served or encountered. Grant recipients would have to report on their LEP outreach and translation steps. The Attorney General would give priority to applications for extreme risk protection orders, crisis court proceedings, and related programs that show a targeted LEP outreach plan. The Attorney General would issue guidance within 90 days after enactment.

National campaigns for limited English speakers

If enacted, DOJ and HHS (through CDC) would run national public awareness campaigns to reach people who speak little English about gun-violence prevention and firearm safety. Campaigns would use in-language, culturally appropriate, evidence-based messages and share information about subgrants to community groups. The campaigns would coordinate with federal, state, Tribal, and local efforts and each agency would report to Congress on how campaign funds were used. Funding would be subject to later appropriations.

Translate and review gun safety materials

If enacted, DOJ and HHS would have to translate all important public materials about gun-violence prevention into priority languages. "Priority languages" would mean the ten most common U.S. languages besides English and must include Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Korean. Translations would have to be culturally competent, in accessible formats, and be reviewed by community groups with language expertise before publication. Agencies would provide money from amounts appropriated under this Act to pay community groups for that review.

Funding authorized for fiscal year 2027

If enacted, the bill would authorize the agencies to request whatever money is necessary to carry out this Act for fiscal year 2027. This authorization would not itself appropriate any dollars. Any actual funding would require later action by Congress.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

NY • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation