Editorial Notes Codification Section, Pub. L. 89–110, title I, § 16 , Aug. 6, 1965 , 79 Stat. 445 ; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 91–285, § 2 , June 22, 1970 , 84 Stat. 314 , authorized Attorney General and Secretary of Defense , jointly, to make a study to determine whether laws or practices of any State or States impose preconditions to voting resulting in discrimination against Armed Forces personnel seeking to vote and to make a report to Congress not later than June 30, 1966 , with the results of such study and recommendations for legislation.