[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR55.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 55--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 55.1  Definitions.


    As used in this part--
    Act means the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 437, as amended by 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 73, the Voting Rights Act 
Amendments of 1970, 84 Stat. 314, the District of Columbia Delegate Act, 
84 Stat. 853, the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975, 89 Stat. 400, 
the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, 96 Stat. 131, and the Voting 
Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992, Public Law 102-344, 106 Stat. 
921, 42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq. Section numbers, such as ``section 
14(c)(3),'' refer to sections of the Act.
    Attorney General means the Attorney General of the United States.
    Language minorities or language minority group is used, as defined 
in the Act, to refer to persons who are American Indian, Asian American, 
Alaskan Natives, or of Spanish heritage. (Sections 14(c)(3) and 203(e)).
    Political subdivision is used, as defined in the Act, to refer to 
``any county or parish, except that where registration for voting is not 
conducted under the supervision of a county or parish, the term shall 
include any other subdivision of a State which conducts registration for 
voting.'' (Section 14(c)(2)).

[Order 1246-87, 53 FR 735, Jan. 12, 1988, as amended by Order No. 1752-
93, 58 FR 35372, July 1, 1993]