Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects	covered jurisdictions under Section 5
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer,_Rosa_Parks,_and_Coretta_Scott_King_Voting_Rights_Act_Reauthorization_and_Amendments_Act_of_2006
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_1973
gptkbp:dateEnacted	July 27, 2006
gptkbp:duration	25 years
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:extendedSection	gptkb:Section_203_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act gptkb:Section_5_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act gptkb:Section_6_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act gptkb:Section_8_of_the_Voting_Rights_Act
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:passedHouseDate	390-33
gptkbp:passedSenateVote	98-0
gptkbp:prohibits	discriminatory voting practices
gptkbp:publicLawNumber	gptkb:Public_Law_109-246
gptkbp:purpose	to reauthorize and strengthen provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:requires	bilingual election assistance in certain jurisdictions
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:79_Stat._286
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006