IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 385 
Expressing the sense of Congress to encourage the State of Louisiana and 
the Department of Justice to establish satellite voting outside the State 
of Louisiana for the New Orleans elections scheduled for April 22, 
2006. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. KILPATRICK 
of Michigan, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM of Minnesota, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. HASTINGS
of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Flor-
ida, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HONDA, Mr. OWENS, 
Mr. LANTOS, Ms. LEE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. BECERRA, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WYNN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WATT, Ms. SOLIS, 
Mr. FILNER, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, and Ms. MATSUI) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress to encourage the State 
of Louisiana and the Department of Justice to establish 
satellite voting outside the State of Louisiana for the 
New Orleans elections scheduled for April 22, 2006. 
Whereas prior to that day in late August 2005, the City of 
New Orleans was a vibrant city of nearly one-half million 
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and known as the Crescent City, the ‘‘Town That Care 
Forgot’’, and the ‘‘Big Easy’’; 
Whereas visitors traveled the world over to taste New Orle-
ans’ beignets and etoufee, catfish and gumbo, po’ boys 
and Cajun rice, to live the pleasures of Mardi Gras and 
to ‘les bon temps roulez’; 
Whereas on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit with 
such fury and reach, the city was drowning and the lev-
ees were breached; 
Whereas upwards of half the population was stranded by 
storm, and the other half of the survivors left the State 
to stay warm; 
Whereas April 22 has been set as the day of the mayoral 
election, but most of the survivors can’t make the selec-
tion; because they were taken to another State while 
waiting to learn of New Orleans’ fate; and 
Whereas a remedy to this problem is easily supplied, just let 
all out-of-State New Orleansians vote ‘‘satellite’’. Thus 
satellite voting means so long election care, because if 
you were from New Orleans at Katrina, you’re always 
right there: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the importance of preserving the 
constitutional right to vote of citizens displaced by 
Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters or 
states of emergency; 
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(2) asserts that every election in Louisiana 
must be fair, free, transparent, and satisfy the re-
quirements of the Voting Rights Act; and 
(3) expressing the sense of Congress to encour-
age the State of Louisiana and the Department of 
Justice to establish satellite voting outside the State 
of Louisiana for the New Orleans elections sched-
uled for April 22, 2006. 
Æ 
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