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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4 (Introduced in House) · Preamble

Preamble. To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions...

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To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes. — Sponsor: Ms. Sewell — Cosponsors: Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Chu, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Bass, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs.
Demings, Mr. Correa, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Neguse, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Dean, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Jones, Ms. Ross, Ms. Bush, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Allred, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Bera, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bourdeaux, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms.
Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crist, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Delgado, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Kildee, Mr.
Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Manning, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr.
Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Mr.
Schrader, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Trone, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms.
Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Case, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Newman, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Beyer — Actions: August 17, 2021 — Ms. Sewell (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Chu, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Bass, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Cicilline, Mr.
Swalwell, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Correa, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Neguse, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Dean, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Jones, Ms. Ross, Ms. Bush, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Allred, Mr. Auchincloss, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Bera, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bourdeaux, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr.
Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Costa, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crist, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Delgado, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr.
Huffman, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Manning, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr.
McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Porter, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. Sánchez, Mr.
Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Schrader, Ms. Schrier, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Spanberger, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Trone, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Vela, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms.
Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Case, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Newman, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Gomez, and Mr. Beyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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