Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 1973 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 1973 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 89-110, title I, Sec. 2, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 437;
renumbered title I, Pub. L. 91-285, Sec. 2, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat.
314; amended Pub. L. 94-73, title II, Sec. 206, Aug. 6, 1975, 89
Stat. 402; Pub. L. 97-205, Sec. 3, June 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 134.)
AMENDMENTS
1982 - Pub. L. 97-205 redesignated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), struck out the comma after "voting", substituted "in a manner
which results in a denial or abridgement of" for "to deny or
abridge", inserted ", as provided in subsection (b) of this
section" after "in contravention of the guarantees set forth in
section 1973b(f)(2) of this title", and added subsec. (b).
1975 - Pub. L. 94-73 substituted "race or color, or in
contravention of the guarantees set forth in section 1973b(f)(2) of
this title" for "race or color".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1982 AMENDMENT
Section 6 of Pub. L. 97-205 provided that: "Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, the amendments made by this Act [see Short
Title of 1982 Amendment note below] shall take effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act [June 29, 1982]."
SHORT TITLE
This subchapter and subchapters I-B and I-C of this chapter known
as the "Voting Rights Act of 1965", see Short Title note set out
under section 1971 of this title.
SEPARABILITY
Section 208 of Pub. L. 94-73 provided that: "If any amendments
made by this Act [enacting sections 1973aa-1a and 1973aa-5 of this
title, amending this section and sections 1973a to 1973d, 1973h,
1973i, 1973k, 1973l, 1973aa, 1973aa-2, 1973aa-3, 1973bb, 1973bb-1
of this title, and repealing sections 1973bb-2 to 1973bb-4 of this
title] or the application of any provision thereof to any person or
circumstance is judicially determined to be invalid, the remainder
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 [this subchapter and subchapters I-
B and I-C of this chapter], or the application of such provision
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such
determination."