Amendment97th Congress
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).
- Amendment Number
- 274
- Description
- 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).
- Purpose
- 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).
- Congress
- 97
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Oct 5, 1981
- Latest Action Text
- Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 128 - 284 (Record Vote No: 240).
- Submitted Date
- Oct 5, 1981
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 14, 2021