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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 801

2     AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 801 as follows:
 
3 on page 1, line 14, by deleting "African-Americans'"; and
 
4 on page 1, line 16, by replacing "African Americans" with
5 "African-Americans, Latinos, and other minorities"; and
 
6 on page 1, by replacing lines 27 through 31 with the following:
 
7 "it bans literacy tests and other discriminatory devices,
8 outlaws discriminatory practices and procedures during the
9 voting process, authorizes the appointment of federal election
10 monitors and observers, and creates various means for
11 protecting and enforcing the rights of American citizens,
12 including racial and language minorities, to vote; and"; and
 
13 on page 3, line 6, by replacing "During" with "Voting is the
14 cornerstone of American democracy and, during"; and
 
15 on page 3, line 20, by replacing "the NAACP to ensure" with
16 "all organizations dedicated to ensuring".