<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>
<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>
when did congress pass the voting rights act
when did congress pass the voting rights act
August 6 , 1965
August 6 , 1965