Content Details
S. 565 (IS) - Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 107th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- March 19, 2001
- Action
- Mr. Dodd (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
- Bill Number
- S. 565
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001
- Full Title
- To establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding election technology, voting, and election administration, to establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities in improving election technology and the administration of Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Christopher J. Dodd(CT)
- Cosponsors
- Thomas A. Daschle (SD); Daniel K. Inouye (HI); Mark Dayton (MN); John F. Kerry (MA); Edward M. Kennedy (MA)
- Committees
- Committee on Rules and Administration (Standing)
- United States Code References
- 5 U.S.C. 3109, 5315
and
Chapters 5, 53
and
57
28 U.S.C. 1821
42 U.S.C. 1973, 1973aa-1a, 1973b, 1973ee, 1973ff, 1973ff-6, 1973gg and 1994