United States HR 14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 14
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 5, 2025
Ms. SEWELL (for herself, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr.
AGUILAR, Mr. LIEU, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr.
ESPAILLAT, Ms. MENG, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. VEASEY, Mr.
SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. FIGURES, Ms. ADAMS,
Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA ́N,
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BELL, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP, Ms.
BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN, Ms. BROWNLEY,
Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. BYNUM, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER
of Louisiana, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASE, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR of Flor-
ida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr.
CISNEROS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr.
CONNOLLY, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. CRAIG, Ms.
CROCKETT, Mr. CROW, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. DAVIS
of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms.
DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr.
DESAULNIER, Ms. DEXTER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms.
ELFRETH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs.
FLETCHER, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida,
Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr.
GARCIA of California, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. GILLEN, Mr. GOLDEN
of Maine, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. VICENTE GON-
ZALEZ of Texas, Ms. GOODLANDER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRAY, Mr.
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARDER of California, Mrs. HAYES,
Mr. HERNA ́NDEZ, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr.
HOYER, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. IVEY, Mr. JACKSON
of Illinois, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms.
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING,
Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr.
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr.
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LATIMER, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms.
LEE of Nevada, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LICCARDO,
Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. MANNION, Ms. MAT-
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SUI, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms.
MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MCDONALD RIVET, Mr. MCGARVEY,
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.
MFUME, Mr. MIN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. MORRISON, Mr.
MOSKOWITZ, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER,
Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr.
OLSZEWSKI, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms.
PELOSI, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. PINGREE, Ms.
PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Ms. POU, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs.
RAMIREZ, Ms. RANDALL, Mr. RILEY of New York, Ms. RIVAS, Ms. ROSS,
Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RYAN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. SCANLON, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr.
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. SIMON, Mr.
SMITH of Washington, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr.
STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr.
SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr.
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms.
TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr.
TORRES of New York, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. TRAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr.
VARGAS, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VINDMAN, Ms.
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr.
WHITESIDES, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the
criteria for determining which States and political sub-
divisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John R. Lewis Voting 4
Rights Advancement Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. VOTE DILUTION, DENIAL, AND ABRIDGMENT 1
CLAIMS. 2
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Voting Rights 3
Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301(a)) is amended— 4
(1) by inserting after ‘‘applied by any State or 5
political subdivision’’ the following: ‘‘for the purpose 6
of, or’’; and 7
(2) by striking ‘‘as provided in subsection (b)’’ 8
and inserting ‘‘as provided in subsection (b), (c), (d), 9
or (f)’’. 10
(b) VOTE DILUTION.—Section 2(b) of such Act (52 11
U.S.C. 10301(b)) is amended— 12
(1) by inserting after ‘‘A violation of subsection 13
(a)’’ the follow