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Introduction of the Blue Envelope Act of 2025

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 5, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the Blue Envelope Act of 2025. This bill would make blue envelope programs, which improve interactions between police officers and drivers with difficulty communicating through speech during a traffic stop, eligible for federal transportation safety funding. The American Association of People with Disabilities has endorsed this bill.

Blue envelope programs allow drivers, upon request, to receive a blue envelope that explains on the front that the driver has difficulty communicating through speech and that holds the documents a police officer might request during a traffic stop. These programs exist in many jurisdictions across the country, including statewide in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Arkansas, Rhode Island, Arizona and Vermont.

I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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