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==History==

The English Language Unity Act is based on a similar bill, "The [[Bill Emerson]] English Language Empowerment Act", which passed in the House of Representatives in 19961999. However, it never became law. It tried to amend Federal law to declare English to be the official language of the U.S. Government. If it became a law, it would have required state representatives to conduct official business in English. It would have required that all officials conduct naturalization ceremonies entirely in English as well.<ref>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h106-123</ref>

Conservative Republican lawmaker Representative [[Steve King]] introduced this act to the House of Representatives on March 1, 2005 it was known as the English Language Unity Act of 2005. Before the 109th session ended of congress, the bill accumulated 164 sponsors. The last action on this bill was the introductory remarks on the proposed bill on May 19, 2006. The bill did not come up for debate during this session of [[United States Congress|Congress]], so it is said to have died.<ref>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-997</ref>