To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-7799
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-27
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama

Congressional tributes

Members of Congress

Roads and highways

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the portion of U.S. Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7799 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2020 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Ms. Norton , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. Byrne , Mr. Palmer , Mrs. Roby , Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Cisneros , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Cox of California , Ms. Dean , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Deutch , Mr. Evans , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Moore , Mr. McEachin , Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Payne , Mr. Rush , Mr. Woodall , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Shalala , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Takano , Mr. Vela , Mr. Welch , Mr. Soto , Mr. Case , Mr. Cicilline , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Garamendi , and Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway , and for other purposes.

1. Renaming portion of United States Route 80 (a) Designation The portion of United States Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama shall be known as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the portion of United States Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama is deemed to be a reference to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway .