S 337 · 99th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

A bill to terminate the effect of provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require bilingual ballots and election materials.

Introduced 1985-01-31· Sponsored by Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Justice Department.(1985-05-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes inapplicable after the enactment of this Act provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require that ballots and other election materials be available in a language other than English.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (2)

2 Republicans
Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID]ID
Sen. Denton, Jeremiah [R-AL]AL