S.Amdt. 4671

SA 4671. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. PRIVATE RIGHTS OF ACTION REGARDING VOTING.

(a) Amendment to the Revised Statutes.--Section 2004(c) of
the Revised Statutes (52 U. S. C. 10101(c)), is amended by
inserting ``an aggrieved person may institute, or'' before
``the Attorney General''.
(b) Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.--The
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) in section 10(b), by inserting ``an aggrieved person
may institute, and'' before ``the Attorney General'';
(2) in section 12(d), by inserting ``an aggrieved person
may institute, or'' before ``the Attorney General'';
(3) in section 204--
(A) by striking ``the Attorney General has reason to
believe'' and inserting ``there are reasonable grounds to
believe''; and
(B) by striking ``he may institute'' and inserting ``an
aggrieved person may institute, or the Attorney General may
institute''; and
(4) in section 301(a)(1), by striking ``The Attorney
General is directed'' and inserting ``An aggrieved person may
institute, and the Attorney General is directed''.
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