[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 188 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 23
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 188

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

   Mr. Salazar (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. 
  Boxer, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                            February 8, 2007

                 Reported by Mr. Leahy, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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, <DELETED>and Cesar E. Chavez</DELETED> 
Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, and William C. Velasquez''.

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, <DELETED>and Cesar E. Chavez</DELETED> Cesar E. 
Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, and William C. Velasquez''.

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, <DELETED>and Cesar E. Chavez</DELETED> 
Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, and William C. Velasquez 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.''.
                                                        Calendar No. 23

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 188

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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.

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                            February 8, 2007

                        Reported with amendments