[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1096 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1096

  To assure compliance with the guarantees of the 5th, 14th, and 15th 
amendments to the Constitution by prohibiting the intentional creation 
  of legislative districts based on race, color, or language minority 
                status of voters within such districts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 1995

  Mr. Franks of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To assure compliance with the guarantees of the 5th, 14th, and 15th 
amendments to the Constitution by prohibiting the intentional creation 
  of legislative districts based on race, color, or language minority 
                status of voters within such districts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION.

    It shall be unlawful for any State or political subdivision, in the 
establishment of districts for the election of members to any Federal, 
State, or local multi-member body with legislative functions, to create 
any such district with the intent to assure that a majority of the 
voters in that district are people of a particular race or color or 
language minority (as such term is used in title I of the Voting Rights 
Act of 1965).

SEC. 2. CIVIL ACTION.

    Any person who is aggrieved by a violation of section 1 may, in a 
civil action, obtain appropriate relief.
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