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HR 5854 94th Congress Government Operations and Politics

A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional 10 years and to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting.

Introduced: April 10, 1975 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 94th Congress ended
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5854: A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional 10 years and to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting.. 94th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-5854/
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"H.R. 5854: A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional 10 years and to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting.." 94th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-5854/.
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H.R. 5854, 94th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-5854/.
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[H.R. 5854: A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend certain provisions for an additional 10 years and to make permanent the ban against certain prerequisites to voting.](https://openamerica.io/bill/94-HR-5854/)
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