[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4298 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4298

     To clarify the disparate burden test, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2021

 Mr. Jones (for himself, Mr. Gallego, and Ms. Jackson Lee) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To clarify the disparate burden test, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Inclusive Elections Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DISPARATE BURDEN TEST.

    Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) In determining whether members of a class of citizens have 
less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in 
the political process and to elect representatives of their choice, a 
court shall consider whether--
            ``(1) the challenged standard, practice, or procedure 
        imposes a disparate burden on members of a class of citizens 
        protected by subsection (a); and
            ``(2) the disparate burden is in part caused by or related 
        to social and historical conditions that produce or produced 
        discrimination against members of the protected class.''.
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