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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, was a federal law passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. [1]
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections ...
Passed the Senate on July 9, 1965 Reported by the joint conference committee on July 27, 1965; agreed to by the House on July 27, 1965 ( 307-116 ) and by the Senate on July 28, 1965 ( 70-24 ) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965
1st: January 4, 1965 – October 23, 1965 2nd : January 10, 1966 – October 22, 1966 The 89th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government , composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives .
The Senate passed a HEA reauthorization bill in July 2007, as did the House of Representatives in February 2008. [26] On August 14, 2008, the Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315) (HEOA) was enacted. [27] It reauthorized the amended version of the Higher Education Act of 1965. [28]
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-reaching laws affecting education passed by the United States Congress, and was reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The Older Americans Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–73, 79 Stat. 218) was the first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services for older adults. It created the National Aging Network comprising the Administration on Aging on the federal level, State Units on Aging at the state level, and Area Agencies on Aging at the local ...
1965 Protection of voter registration and voting for racial minorities, later applied to language minorities, is established by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . [ 12 ] This has also been applied to correcting discriminatory election systems and districting.