IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1058 
Expressing support for designation of the month of September as ‘‘National 
Voting Rights Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 
SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. MOORE, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LARSEN 
of Washington, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. BASS, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
MOULTON, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. WILSON of 
Florida, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. SIRES, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MEEKS, 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KHANNA, 
Ms. ESHOO, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
VELA, Mr. CRIST, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
FOSTER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. LEE, Mr. CAS-
TRO of Texas, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. POLIS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 
KIHUEN, Mr. GALLEGO, and Ms. DEGETTE) submitted the following res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be 
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subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of the month of 
September as ‘‘National Voting Rights Month’’. 
Whereas voting is one of the single most important rights 
that can be exercised in our democracy; 
Whereas over the course of history, various voter suppression 
laws in the United States have hindered, and even pro-
hibited, certain individuals and groups from exercising 
this right; 
Whereas during the 19th and early 20th centuries, Native 
Americans and Americans who were born abroad, spoke 
a language other than English, or were formerly sub-
jected to slavery, were denied full citizenship and pre-
vented from voting by English literacy tests; 
Whereas from 1954 to 1968, minority groups such as African 
Americans in the South suffered from the oppressive ef-
fects of Jim Crow laws designed to prevent political, eco-
nomic, and social mobility; 
Whereas African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Na-
tive Americans, and other underrepresented voters were 
subject to violence, poll taxes, literacy tests, all White pri-
maries, property ownership tests, grandfather clauses, 
voter roll purges, and the prevention of former prisoners 
from voting; 
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Whereas in 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 to protect the rights of African Americans and 
other traditionally disenfranchised groups to vote; 
Whereas in 2013, the Supreme Court invalidated section 4 of 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, dismantling the 
preclearance provision in the law that protected voters in 
States that historically have suppressed the rights of mi-
norities to vote; 
Whereas since the preclearance provisions of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 have been vacated, many States ger-
rymandered districts have gone unchallenged or have be-
come less likely to be invalidated by the courts; 
Whereas these gerrymandered districts have been found to 
have 
a 
discriminatory 
impact 
on 
traditionally 
disenfranchised minorities through tactics that include 
‘‘cracking’’, diluting their voting power across many dis-
tricts, and ‘‘packing’’, concentrating minority voters’ 
power in one district to reduce their voting power in 
other districts; 
Whereas the courts have found the congressional and, in 
some cases, State legislative district maps in Texas, 
North Carolina, Florida, and Wisconsin to be gerry-
mandered districts that were created with the intent of 
interfering with the constitutional right to vote; 
Whereas the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court deci-
sion calls on Congress to fix the formula in the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965; 
Whereas in 33 States, some form of restrictive voting law has 
been instituted since 2013; 
Whereas these restrictive voting laws encompass cutbacks in 
early voting, voter roll purges, placement of faulty equip-
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