Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress observes the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and encourages all Americans to do the same, it will advance the legacy of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by ensuring the continued effectiveness of the Act to protect the voting rights of all Americans.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 216.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-195 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 27, 2005.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/195

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.Con.Res. 216, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hconres/216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83a5255e567d0a53e972c43ac2da96517dd70604832e4dd055735665e1e7be65

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Con.Res. 216, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.