110 HR 745 IH: To revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa U.S. House of Representatives 2007-01-31 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 745 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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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