To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.

This bill designates the portion of U.S. Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, as the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7799 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7799

  To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the 
    ``John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2020

    Mr. Cohen (for himself, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Aderholt, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Roby, Mr. 
Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
Cox of California, Ms. Dean, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
 Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Lee of California, 
   Ms. Kaptur, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Moore, Mr. McEachin, Mrs. Murphy of 
Florida, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rush, Mr. Woodall, Ms. Wilson 
 of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Shalala, 
   Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Vela, Mr. 
Welch, Mr. Soto, Mr. Case, Mr. Cicilline, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, 
   Mr. Garamendi, and Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the 
    ``John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway'', and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RENAMING PORTION OF UNITED STATES ROUTE 80.

    (a) Designation.--The portion of United States Route 80 from Selma, 
Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama shall be known as the ``John R. Lewis 
Voting Rights Highway''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the portion of United 
States Route 80 from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama is deemed to 
be a reference to the ``John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway''.
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