{"abstract":"The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is publishing guidance concerning services and policies by recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department of Transportation related to persons with limited English proficiency. The guidance is based on the prohibition against national origin discrimination in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as it affects limited English proficient persons.","action":"Notice of guidance with request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2005/12/14/05-23972.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"70 FR 74087","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2006-01-13","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This guidance is effective immediately. Comments must be received on or before January 13, 2006. Late-filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable. DOT will review all comments and will determine what modifications to the guidance, if any, are necessary. This guidance supplants existing guidance on the same subject originally published at 66 FR 6733 (January 22, 2001).","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. OST-2001-8696"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"05-23972","effective_on":null,"end_page":74100,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2005/12/14/05-23972.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/12/14/05-23972/policy-guidance-concerning-recipients-responsibilities-to-limited-english-proficient-lep-persons","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/05-23972?publication_date=2005-12-14","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2005-12-14/05-23972/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":14,"page_views":{"count":3695,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 14:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-12-14/pdf/05-23972.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2005-12-14","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2005/12/14/05-23972.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":74087,"subtype":null,"title":"Policy Guidance Concerning Recipients' Responsibilities to Limited English Proficient (LEP) Persons","toc_doc":"National origin discrimination as it affects limited English proficient persons; prohibition; policy guidance to Federal financial assistance recipients","toc_subject":"Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":70}