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12 2 STA T . 2 4 2 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 5 8 —J UL Y 1 , 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–258 110 thCongres s A n Act Torevis e th e short tit l eo f the Fan nie L o uH a m er ,R osa P ar k s, an dC oretta Sc ott K in gV oting Rights A ct Reauthori z ation and Amendments Act of 20 0 6.Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. Section1 o f t h e Fa nnie L o uH a m e r,R o s a P ar k s, an dC oretta Scott K in gV oting Rights A ct Reauthori z ation and Amendments Act of 20 0 6( Pu bl ic La w 10 9– 2 4 6 ) is amended b y striking ‘ ‘and Coretta Scott King ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘Coretta Scott King, Ce ´ sar E. Cha´ v ez, B arbara C. J ordan, W illiam C. Vela´ s q uez, and D r. Hector P. G arcia’’. SEC. 2 . CON F OR M IN GA MEN D MENTS. Paragra p hs( 7 )and( 8 ) of section 4(a), and section 1 3 (a)(1), of the Voting Rights Act of 196 5 (42 U .S.C. 1973b(a), 1973k(a)(1)) are each amended by striking ‘‘and Coretta Scott King’’ and inserting ‘‘Coretta Scott King, Ce´ sar E. Cha´ vez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Vela´ squez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia’’. SEC. 3 . CONSTR U CTION. T itle I of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following

‘‘S EC . 20. A reference in this title to the effective date of the amendments made by, or the date of the enactment of, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Ce´ sar E. Cha´ vez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Vela´ squez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 shall be considered to refer to, respectively, the effective date of the amendments made by, or the date of the enactment 42USC1973q. 42 USC 1971 note . July 1 , 2 0 0 8[ S. 188 ]