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Union Calendar No. 389
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 351
[Report No. 104–728]
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to eliminate certain provisions
relating to bilingual voting requirements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
JULY 31, 1996
Additional sponsors: Mr. PETRI, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. HAN-
COCK, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HASTINGS of Wash-
ington, Mr. ROTH, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. NORWOOD, Mrs. CHENOWETH,
Mr. GOSS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. DELAY, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. NEY, Mr. BONO, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. DOO-
LITTLE, Mr. HORN, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. BAKER of
California, Mr. KING, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr.
SAXTON, Mr. EWING, Mrs. SEASTRAND, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KIM, Mr. AR-
CHER, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BAKER of Lou-
isiana, Mr. BARR
of Georgia, Mr. HOKE, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr.
KNOLLENBERG, Mr. JONES, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr.
HERGER, Mr. WICKER, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. MCKEON,
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, and Mrs. CUBIN
JULY 31, 1996
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to eliminate certain
provisions relating to bilingual voting requirements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bilingual Voting Re-
quirements Repeal Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF BILINGUAL VOTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) BILINGUAL ELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Section
203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–
1a) is repealed.
(b) VOTING RIGHTS.—Section 4 of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973b) is amended by striking
subsection (f).
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) REFERENCES
TO SECTION 203.—The Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 204, by striking ‘‘or 203,’’; and
(2) in the first sentence of section 205, by
striking ‘‘, 202, or 203’’ and inserting ‘‘or 202’’.
(b) REFERENCES
TO SECTION 4.— The Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in sections 2(a), 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 4(d), 5, 6,
and 13, by striking ‘‘, or in contravention of the
guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2)’’;
(2) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) of section
4(a), by striking ‘‘or (in the case of a State or sub-
division seeking a declaratory judgment under the
second sentence of this subsection) in contravention
of the guarantees of subsection (f)(2)’’; and
(3) in paragraphs (1)(B) and (5) of section
4(a), by striking ‘‘or (in the case of a State or sub-
division which sought a declaratory judgment under
the second sentence of this subsection) that denials
or abridgments of the right to vote in contravention
of the guarantees of subsection (f)(2) have occurred
anywhere in the territory of such State or subdivi-
sion’’.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bilingual Voting Re-
quirements Repeal Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF BILINGUAL VOTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) BILINGUAL ELECTION REQUIREMENTS.—Section
203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–
1a) is repealed.
(b) VOTING RIGHTS.—Section 4 of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973b) is amended by striking sub-
section (f).
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) REFERENCES
TO
SECTION
203.—The Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 204, by striking ‘‘or 203,’’; and
(2) in section 205, by striking ‘‘, 202, or 203’’
and inserting ‘‘or 202’’.
(b) REFERENCES TO SECTION 4.— The Voting Rights
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in sections 2(a), 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 4(d), 5, 6,
and 13, by striking ‘‘, or in contravention of the
guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2)’’;
(2) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) of section 4(a),
by striking ‘‘or (in the case of a State or subdivision
seeking a declaratory judgment under the second sen-
tence of this subsection) in contravention of the guar-
antees of subsection (f)(2)’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(B) of section 4(a), by strik-
ing ‘‘or (in the case of a State or subdivision seeking
a declaratory judgment under the second sentence of
this subsection) that denials or abridgements of the
right to vote in contravention of the guarantees of