<Table> Voting Rights Act of 1965 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acronyms (colloquial) </Th> <Td> VRA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nicknames </Th> <Td> Voting Rights Act </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> the 89th United States Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Effective </Th> <Td> August 6, 1965 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public law </Th> <Td> 89 - 110 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Statutes at Large </Th> <Td> 79 Stat. 437 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Codification </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Titles amended </Th> <Td> 52--Voting and Elections </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> U.S.C. sections created </Th> <Td> <P> 52 U.S.C. § 10101 52 U.S.C. § § 10301--10314 52 U.S.C. § § 10501--10508 </P> 52 U.S.C. § § 10701--10702 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Legislative history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Introduced in the Senate as S. 1564 by Mike Mansfield (D--MT) and Everett Dirksen (R--IL) on March 17, 1965 </Li> <Li> Committee consideration by Judiciary </Li> <Li> Passed the Senate on May 26, 1965 (77 - 19) </Li> <Li> Passed the House with amendment on July 9, 1965 (333--85) </Li> <Li> Reported by the joint conference committee on July 29, 1965; agreed to by the House on August 3, 1965 (328--74) and by the Senate on August 4, 1965 (79--18) </Li> <Li> Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Major amendments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 </Li> <Li> Voting Rights Act of 1965, Amendments of 1975 </Li> <Li> Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 </Li> <Li> Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992 </Li> <Li> Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, César E. Chávez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. Velásquez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United States Supreme Court cases </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966) Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966) Allen v. State Board of Elections (1969) Oregon v. Mitchell (1970) Beer v. United States (1976) City of Rome v. United States (1980) City of Mobile v. Bolden (1980) Thornburg v. Gingles (1986) Growe v. Emison (1993) Voinovich v. Quilter (1993) Shaw v. Reno (1993) Holder v. Hall (1994) Johnson v. De Grandy (1994) Miller v. Johnson (1995) Bush v. Vera (1996) Lopez v. Monterey County (1999) Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board (2000) Georgia v. Ashcroft (2003) League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2006) Bartlett v. Strickland (2009) Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder (2009) Shelby County v. Holder (2013) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes . </Td> </Tr>

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