An amendment to strike the parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require that a jurisdiction conduct bilingual elections if more than 5 percent of its voting age citizens are of a single language minority and if the illiteracy rate of the minority is above the national illiteracy rate. (Under law, the bilingual election requirement expires in 1985).

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Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 128 - 284 (Record Vote No: 240).

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Official amendment HAMDT 274 (97th) from United States at United States Congress. Status: Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 128 - 284 (Record Vote No: 240)..

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amends → An act to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend the effect of certain provisions, and for other purposes.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/97th-congress/hamdt-274
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/amendment/97/hamdt/274
us · 97-hamdt-274 · source updated 25 September 2021