EFFECT: Makes a political subdivision a covered jurisdiction subject to the preclearance requirements under the act if that political subdivision was subject to a court order, government enforcement action, court-approved consent decree, or a settlement in which the political subdivision conceded liability based on a voting-related violation of law or a finding that the political subdivision engaged in a pattern, policy, or practice of discrimination against members of a protected class in violation of the law, within the previous five years, rather than within the previous 25 years.