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

Bill: 117-hr-1809
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-11
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama

Congressional tributes

Members of Congress

Roads and highways

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-11
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 <i> </i>John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1809 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2021 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Ms. Sewell , Ms. Norton , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. Carl , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Castro of Texas , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Pascrell , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Takano , Ms. Dean , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Meeks , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Evans , Mr. Vargas , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Bass , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Ms. Jacobs of California , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Larsen of Washington , and Mr. Vela ) 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. Designation of John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway (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 .