[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2356 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2356

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to eliminate certain provisions 
               relating to bilingual voting requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

 Mr. Porter (for himself, Mr. Archer, Mr. Baker, Mr. Barr of Georgia, 
Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
Cannon, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
 Goodlatte, Mr. Goss, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Horn, Mr. Hunter, 
    Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Latham, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
   Livingston, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
  Norwood, Mr. Packard, Mr. Petri, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. 
Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shays, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, and Mr. Weldon 
 of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to eliminate certain provisions 
               relating to bilingual voting requirements.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bilingual Voting Requirements Repeal 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF BILINGUAL VOTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Bilingual Election Requirements.--Section 203 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1a) is repealed.
    (b) Voting Rights.--Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 1973b) is amended by striking subsection (f).

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) References to Section 203.--The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 204, by striking ``or 203,''; and
            (2) in the first sentence of section 205, by striking ``, 
        202, or 203'' and inserting ``or 202''.
    (b) References to Section 4.--The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in sections 2(a), 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 4(d), 5, 6, and 13, 
        by striking ``, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth 
        in section 4(f)(2)'';
            (2) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) of section 4(a), by 
        striking ``or (in the case of a State or subdivision seeking a 
        declaratory judgment under the second sentence of this 
        subsection) in contravention of the guarantees of subsection 
        (f)(2)''; and
            (3) in paragraph (1)(B) of section 4(a), by striking ``or 
        (in the case of a State or subdivision seeking a declaratory 
        judgment under the second sentence of this subsection) that 
        denials or abridgements of the right to vote in contravention 
        of the guarantees of subsection (f)(2) have occurred anywhere 
        in the territory of such State or subdivision''; and
            (4) in paragraph (5) of section 4(a), by striking ``or (in 
        the case of a State or subdivision which sought a declaratory 
        judgment under the second sentence of this subsection) that 
        denials or abridgements of the right to vote in contravention 
        of the guarantees of subsection (f)(2) have occurred anywhere 
        in the territory of such State or subdivision''.
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