The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL July 15, 1959, Legislation proposed to extend the Committee on Civil Rights to secure and protect the right to vote. July 15, 1959 1959-07-15 Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. (Thomas Carey), 1903-1960 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 86th (1959-1961) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Everett Dirksen Working Papers, Box 3, Folder 230 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/papers/ EMD_Working_Papers-f230-1959_07_15-2 https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD_Working_Papers-f230-1959_07_15-2.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD_Working_Papers-f230-1959_07_15-2.pdf legislation (declaration of laws) Government Operations and Politics; Law; Congress; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Carroll, John A. (John Albert), 1901-1983; Hennings, Thomas C., Jr. (Thomas Carey), 1903-1960 Amendment S. 2391 Proposed By Senators Hennings And Carroll, Establishes Guidelines For Voter Qualification Tests In Federal Elections, Ensuring Fairness And Granting Legal Remedies For Violations. It Aims To Protect Voting Rights And Standardize Election Practices. Text