Sponsor: ERVIN, Samuel James, Jr. (D-NC)
Description: TO AMEND THE MANSFIELD-DIRKSEN SUBSTITUTE FOR S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, REMOVING THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN ACTIONS FOR DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT OR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, BASED ON THE TRIGGERING FORMULA RESPECTING LITERACY TESTS, AND PROVIDING INSTEAD THAT SUCH ACTIONS BE BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT COURTS WITHIN THE SEVERAL STATES.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 111, p. S10010;