Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_2006
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Statements (22)
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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006
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