[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

122 STAT. 2428

Public Law 110-258
110th Congress

An Act


 
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. [NOTE: July 1, 2008 -  [S. 188]]

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) [NOTE: 42 USC 1971 note.]  is amended by striking
``and Coretta Scott King'' and inserting ``Coretta Scott King, Cesar E.
Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P.
Garcia''.

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, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez,
and Dr. Hector P. Garcia''.

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. [NOTE: 42 USC 1973q.]   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, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector
P. Garcia 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

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122 STAT. 2429

of, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting
Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.''.

Approved July 1, 2008.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 188:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 153 (2007):
Feb. 15, considered and passed
Senate.
Vol. 154 (2008):
June 17, considered and passed
House.