HR 1170 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001

Introduced Mar 22, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 22, 2001 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 22, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to outline requirements for equal protection of voting rights in Federal elections and voting rights in State and local elections.

Establishes a grant program to provide equal protection of voting rights with regard to States and localities.

Creates the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and report to the President and Congress on specified issues with respect to elections for Federal, State, and local office, including alternative voting methods, ballot designs, ballot uniformity, and absentee voting, in order to develop specific recommendations of best practices in voting and election administration.

Cosponsors 168

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2001 to Dec 13, 2001, with 73 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-CACalvin M. DooleyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-FLCarrie P. MeekOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 22, 2001
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalMar 22, 2001
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 22, 2001Introduced in House
  2. Mar 22, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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