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AFSFA Act

USA116th CongressS-1836| Senate 
| Updated: 6/13/2019
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (2)
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Access to Free Speech for All Act or the AFSFA Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to support national resource centers, as well as to establish an advisory committee, to address augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports (which supplement or replace speech or sign language for individuals with disabilities that inhibit those forms of communication).
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Timeline
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • June 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Social Welfare

Advisory bodiesDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceElementary and secondary educationHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationLanguage artsScience and engineering educationSpecial educationTeaching, teachers, curricula

AFSFA Act

USA116th CongressS-1836| Senate 
| Updated: 6/13/2019
Access to Free Speech for All Act or the AFSFA Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to support national resource centers, as well as to establish an advisory committee, to address augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports (which supplement or replace speech or sign language for individuals with disabilities that inhibit those forms of communication).
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Timeline
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • June 13, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 13, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (2)
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Social Welfare

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceElementary and secondary educationHearing, speech, and vision careHigher educationLanguage artsScience and engineering educationSpecial educationTeaching, teachers, curricula