S 188 RFH110th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 188IN.188
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 16, 2007Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACTSECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
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.
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, 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. 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 of, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.'.Passed the Senate February 15, 2007.Attest:NANCY ERICKSON,Secretary’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.188 as Enrolled Bill A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott...
