Amend CSHB 1706 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered section and renumbering the remaining section of the bill 
as appropriate:
	SECTION __.  The changes in law made by this Act take effect 
only if:        
		(1)  the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia issues a declaratory judgement under 42 U.S.C. Section 
1973c that this Act does not have the purpose and will not have the 
effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race 
or color or in contravention of the guarantees set forth in 42 
U.S.C. Section 1973b(f)(2); or
		(2)  the secretary of state submits this Act to the 
United States Attorney General under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973c and 
the attorney general does not interpose an objection within the 
time provided by that section.