US Congress House Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 224-0)
Status: Engrossed on September 14 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-09-14 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY]	Rep. Deborah Ross [D-NC]
Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]
Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux [D-GA]	Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Kaialii Kahele [D-HI]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Manning [D-NC]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Mrvan [D-IN]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Rebecca Sherrill [D-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Nikema Williams [D-GA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Marie Newman [D-IL]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Suzanne Lee [D-NV]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]

2021-08-24 - House - On passage (Y: 219 N: 212 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-08-24 - House - On motion to recommit (Y: 212 N: 218 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-09-14	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2021-08-24	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2021-08-24	House	On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 212 (Roll no. 260). (text: CR H4384-4391)
2021-08-24	House	On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 218 (Roll no. 259).
2021-08-24	House	The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
2021-08-24	House	Mr. Davis, Rodney moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H4413)
2021-08-24	House	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2021-08-24	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4.
2021-08-24	House	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 601. (consideration: CR H4384-4415)
2021-08-24	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4369)
2021-08-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2021-08-17	House	Introduced in House

HR594 (Related) 2021-08-24 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 601, H. Res. 594 is laid on the table.
HR601 (Similar To) 2021-08-24 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR600 (Related) 2021-08-24 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 601, H. Res. 600 is laid on the table.
SB4 (Related) 2021-11-03 - Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 4 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 459) entered in Senate.
HB7905 (Related) 2022-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr4/BILLS-117hr4ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr4/BILLS-117hr4eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021259
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021260