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 89 STAT. 400

PUBLIC LAW 94-73—AUG. 6, 1975

Public Law 94-73 94th Congress An Act Aug. 6, 1975 [H.R. 6219]

Voting Rights Act of 1965, amendments. 42 USC 1973b. 42 USC 1973aa.

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional seven years, to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

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TTTT F T SEC. 101. Section 4(a) of the Voting E i g h t s Act of 1965 is amended by striking out "ten" each time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "seventeen". SEC. 102. Section 201(a) of the Voting E i g h t s Act of 1965 is amended by— (1) 'striking out " P r i o r to August 6, 1975, n o " and inserting " N o " in lieu thereof; and (2) striking out "as to which the provisions of section 4(a) of this Act are not in effect by reason of determinations made under section 4(b) of this Act." and inserting in lieu thereof a period. TITLE II

Tests or devices, suspension. 42 USC 1973b

SEC. 201. Section 4(a) of the Voting E i g h t s Act of 1965 is amended W, (1) inserting immediately after "determinations have been made under " the following: "the first two sentences of"; (2) adding at the end of the first paragraph thereof the following new sentence: "No citizen shall be denied the r i g h t to vote in any Federal, State, or local election because of his failure to comply with any test or device in any State with respect to which the determinations have been made under the t h i r d sentence of subsection (b) of this section or in any political subdivision with respect to which such determinations have been made as a separate unit, unless the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in an action for a declaratory judgment brought by such State or subdivision against the United States has determined that no such test or device has been used during the ten years preceding the filing of the action for the purpose or with the effect of denying or abridging the r i g h t to vote on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2): Provided, That no such declaratory judgment shall issue with respect to any plaintiff for a period o:^ ten years after the entry of a final judgment of any court of the United States, other than the denial of a declaratory judgment under this section, whether entered p r i o r to or after the enactment of this paragraph, determining that denials or abridgments of the r i g h t to vote on account of race or color, or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 4(f)(2) through the use of tests or devices have occurred anywhere in the territory of such plaintiff.";

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