Speaker. today I have introduced legislation which extends the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to jurisdictions in which Mexican American voters resideprincipally Texas. New Mexico. Arizona. and parts of Colorado. and California. In addition. my bill would extend coverage of the act for jurisdictions currently covered by its provisions for an additional 10 years. and also place a permanent national ban on the use of literacy tests. Beginning on February 25. the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Constitutional Rights of the House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on extension of the Voting Rights Act. Without congressional action. the act will expire on August 7. 1975.
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