S. 188: A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-258.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-258. (final step reached)
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Official title

A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 15, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 to change the short title to the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velasquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.

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Official text

A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 188, A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (2007-02-12); CBO cost estimate: S. 188, A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (2007-02-12)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s188.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s188 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110