[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 745 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 745 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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. 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, and Barbara C. Jordan''. 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, and Barbara C. Jordan''. 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, 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.''. <all>