Speech #940064283

The provisions found in title IV of H.R. 6219 are actually a number of miscellaneous sections. some intended to beef up enforcement and others intended to clarify. or update the act. Section 401 of H.R. 6219 amends section 3 of the Voting Rights Act to afford to private parties the same remedies which section 3 now affords only to the Attorney General. Under the current provisions of section 3. whenever the Attorney General has instituted a proceeding to enforce the guarantees of the 15th amendment. the court may authorize the appointment of Federal examiners. may suspend the use of literacy tests and other similar devices. and may impose preclearance restrictions on all changes relating to voting or election processes. The amendment proposed by H.R. 6219 would authorize courts to grant similar relief to private parties in suits brought to protect voting rights in covered and uncovered jurisdictions. The term which is used. "aggrieved person." is a commonly used phrase which appears throughout the United States Code.