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PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
SEC. 111. There shall be in the Department of Justice one additional Assistant Attorney General, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall assist the Attorney General in the performance of his duties, and who shall receive conipensation at the rate prescribed by law for other Assistant Attorneys General. PART
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STRENGTHEN THE CIVIL EIGHTS STATUTES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SEC. 121. Section 1343 of title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: (a) Amend the catch line of said section to read, "§ 1343. Civil rights and elective franchise" (b) Delete the period at the end of paragraph (3) and insert in lieu thereof a semicolon. (c) Add a paragraph as follows: " (4) To recover damages or to secure equitable or other relief under any Act of Congress providing for the protection of civil rights, including the right to vote." SEC. 122. Section 1989 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1993) is hereby repealed. PART
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PROVIDE MEANS OF FURTHER SECURING AND PROTECTING THE R I G H T TO VOTE
SEC. 131. Section 2004 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1971), is amended as follows: (a) Amend the catch line of said section to read, "Voting rights". (b) Designate its present text with the subsection symbol " (a) ". (c) Add, immediately following the present text, four new subsections to read as follows: "(b) No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector. Member of the Senate, or Member of the House or Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate. "(c) Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or )ractice which would deprive any other person of any right or priviege secured by subsection (a) or (b), the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, a civil action or other proper proceeding for preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order. In any proceeding hereunder the United States shall be liable for costs the same as a private person. " (d) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section and shall exercise the same without regard to whether the party aggrieved shall have exhausted any administrative or other remedies that may be provided by law.
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