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HR 199 - Voting; certain preclearance requirement; urge Congress repeal

Joyce, Brian D (1st)	Bunn, Barbara Jean (74th)	Franklin, Jr., Robert L (39th)

Status Summary	HC:	Rules	SC:		FR:	02/03/99	LA:	02/04/99	H - Read 2nd Time

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A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the federal Voting Rights Acts of 1965 to repeal the preclearance requirement of 42 U.S.C. 1973c; and for other purposes.

HR 199                                             LC 25 1153 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Urging the United States Congress to amend the federal 
  1- 2  Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal the preclearance 
  1- 3  requirement of 42 U.S.C. 1973c; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, 42 U.S.C. 1973c imposes the outdated preclearance 
  1- 5  requirement that states submit changes in their internal 
  1- 6  voting and election laws to the federal government for prior 
  1- 7  approval; and 
 
  1- 8  WHEREAS, the states are sovereign units with the right to 
  1- 9  govern themselves under the principles of federalism; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, 42 U.S.C. 1973c simply slows unnecessarily the 
  1-11  process in a state of making necessary and fair changes to 
  1-12  its voting and election practices and violates states' 
  1-13  rights; and 
 
  1-14  WHEREAS, this amendment to the federal Voting Rights Act of 
  1-15  1965 would in no way diminish the rights of United States 
  1-16  citizens or citizens of any state to enjoy free, fair, and 
  1-17  nondiscriminatory elections nor would the force and effect 
  1-18  of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 be lessened. 
 
  1-19  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-20  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body urge the 
  1-21  United States Congress to amend the federal Voting Rights 
  1-22  Act of 1965 to repeal the preclearance requirement of 42 
  1-23  U.S.C. 1973c so as to allow states to govern their own 
  1-24  voting practices without interference from the federal 
  1-25  government. 
 
  1-26  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-27  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 
  1-28  appropriate copy of this resolution to the Speaker of the 
  1-29  United States House of Representatives, the presiding 
  1-30  officer of the United States Senate, and to members of the 
  1-31  Georgia congressional delegation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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