The Transit Captions Innovations Act would fund a pilot program to deploy real-time captioning and translation services for transit riders who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have limited English proficiency.
Kevin Mullin will support a federal pilot program for real-time captioning and translation on transit.
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Evidence
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3648, the Transit Captions Innovations Act, sponsored by Rep. Kevin Mullin and introduced on 05/29/2025. The bill text directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for innovative real-time transcription and translation technology for transit riders who are deaf, hard of hearing, or limited English proficient.
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Rep. Mullin's official legislation page lists the Transit Captions Innovations Act among bills he led in the 119th Congress and says it would fund a pilot program to deploy real-time captioning and translation services for transit riders who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have limited English proficiency.
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Congress.gov shows the latest action for H.R.3648 as House referral to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on 05/30/2025 and lists the bill status as Introduced, not passed or enacted.
Assessments
The promise was to support a federal pilot program, not necessarily to secure enactment or funding. During his current House term, Kevin Mullin sponsored H.R.3648, the Transit Captions Innovations Act, which directly proposed grants/pilot-style funding for real-time transcription/captioning and translation technology on transit for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and limited-English-proficient riders. Congress.gov evidence indicates the bill remained introduced/referred rather than passed, but the narrower support commitment was fulfilled by sponsoring and advancing matching federal legislation in the same term.