[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 745 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 745

  To revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and 
Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act 
                                of 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2007

  Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas (for herself and Mr. Baca) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and 
Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act 
                                of 2006.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    Section 1 of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott 
King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109-246) is amended by striking ``and Coretta Scott King'' 
and inserting ``Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, and Barbara C. 
Jordan''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Paragraphs (7) and (8) of section 4(a), and section 13(a)(1), of 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973b(a), 1973k(a)(1)) are 
each amended by striking ``and Coretta Scott King'' and inserting 
``Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, and Barbara C. Jordan''.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION.

    Title I of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 20.  A reference in this title to the effective date of the 
amendments made by, or the date of the enactment of, the Fannie Lou 
Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, and Barbara C. 
Jordan Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 
shall be considered to refer to, respectively, the effective date of 
the amendments made by, or the date of the enactment of, the Fannie Lou 
Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act 
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.''.
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