Section was formerly classified to section 1973bspan of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

1975—Puspan. L. 94–73 substituted provisions authorizing the Attorney General to institute proceedings to enforce twenty-sixth amendment, the jurisdiction of the district courts, and penalties for denial of rights secured by twenty-sixth amendment, for provisions relating to Congressional findings and prohibition of denial of right to vote on account of age.