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  2. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    Passed the Senate on May 26, 1965 Passed the House with amendment on July 9, 1965 Reported by the joint conference committee on July 29, 1965; agreed to by the House on August 3, 1965 and by the Senate on August 4, 1965 Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965

  4. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [ 64 ] Utah changes wording of their law and restores voting rights to all people who have completed their prison sentence for a felony.

  5. Amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    Bolden (1980), held that racially discriminatory laws violated the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments only if the laws were enacted or maintained for a discriminatory purpose; thus, showing that a law simply had a discriminatory effect was insufficient to state a constitutional claim of discrimination. The Court further held that Section 2 ...

  6. Social Security Amendments of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 30, 1965 The Social Security Amendments of 1965 , Pub. L. 89–97 , 79 Stat. 286 , enacted July 30, 1965 , was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid .

  7. Higher Education Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    The act excluded Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States for ten years and was the first immigration law passed by Congress. Laborers in the United States and laborers with work visas received a certificate of residency and were allowed to travel in and out of the United States.

  9. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1965 – The Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law in the U.S., and in addition to providing sweeping protections for minority voting rights, it allowed those with various disabilities to receive assistance "by a person of the voter's choice", as long as that person was not the disabled voter's boss or union agent. [54] 1966 – In Pate v.