---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 55.5"
title: "28"
number: "55.5"
heading: "Coverage under section 4(f)(4)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/55.5"
---

# §55.5. Coverage under section 4(f)(4).

- (a) **Coverage formula.** [Section 4(f)(4)](/cfr/28/4.md?p=f-4) applies to any State or political subdivision in which
  - (1) Over five percent of the voting-age citizens were, on November 1, 1972, members of a single language minority group,
  - (2) Registration and election materials were provided only in English on November 1, 1972, and
  - (3) Fewer than 50 percent of the voting-age citizens were registered to vote or voted in the 1972 Presidential election.
- (b) Coverage may be determined with regard to [section 4(f)(4)](/cfr/28/4.md?p=f-4) on a statewide or political subdivision basis.
  - (1) Whenever the determination is made that the bilingual requirements of [section 4(f)(4)](/cfr/28/4.md?p=f-4) are applicable to an entire State, these requirements apply to each of the State's political subdivisions as well as to the State. In other words, each political subdivision within a covered State is subject to the same requirements as the State.
  - (2) Where an entire State is not covered under [section 4(f)(4)](/cfr/28/4.md?p=f-4), individual political subdivisions may be covered.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 1973b, 1973j(d), 1973aa-la, 1973aa-2.

### Source

Source: Order No. 655-76, 41 FR 29998, July 20, 1976, unless otherwise noted.