In the [[United States]], English ([[American English]]) is the national language only in an informal sense, by numbers and by historical and contemporary association. The [[United States Constitution]] does not explicitly declare any [[official language]], although the constitution is written in English, as is all federal legislation.
{{as of|20152023|alt=OnSince 13 February 20151973}}, Representativeevery [[Peter T. King]] introduced H.R.997year, thea ''Englishbill Languagewas Unityintroduced Act of 2015'', into the [[United States House of RepresentativesCongress]].Thisby billa Representative or woulda Senator to try to establish English as the official language of the United States. A companion bill, S.678, was introduced by Senator [[Jim Inhofe]] in the [[United States Senate]] on 9 March 2015. Both bills were referred to committee. Similar legislation has been introduced every year since 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22source%22%3A%22legislation%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22h.r.997%22%7D|title=All legislation matching 'H.R.997'|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=2123 DecemberMarch 20152023}}</ref>
