[House Report 117-9]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 117-9
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1) TO EXPAND AMERICANS'
ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX, REDUCE THE INFLUENCE OF BIG MONEY IN
POLITICS, STRENGTHEN ETHICS RULES FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND IMPLEMENT
OTHER ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORTIFYING OUR
DEMOCRACY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE
BILL (H.R. 1280) TO HOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISCONDUCT IN
COURT, IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH DATA COLLECTION, AND REFORM POLICE
TRAINING AND POLICIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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March 1, 2021.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Morelle, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 179]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 179, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1, the
For the People Act of 2021, under a structured rule. The
resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on House Administration or their designees. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment printed in
part A of this report shall be considered as adopted and the
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as
amended. The resolution provides that following debate, each
further amendment printed in part B of this report not earlier
considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3
shall be considered only in the order printed in this report,
may be offered only by a Member designated in this report,
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time
specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at
any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question. The resolution provides that at any
time after debate the chair of the Committee on House
Administration or her designee may offer amendments en bloc
consisting of further amendments printed in part B of this
report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member
of the Committee on House Administration or their designees,
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to
a demand for division of the question. The resolution waives
all points of order against the amendments printed in this
report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the
resolution. The resolution provides one motion to recommit. The
resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1280, the George
Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, under a closed rule. The
resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Judiciary or their designees. The resolution
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as
read. The resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in the bill. The resolution provides one motion to
recommit. The resolution provides that House Resolution 176 and
House Resolution 177 are hereby adopted.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 1 includes waivers of the following:
Clause 5 of rule XII, which prohibits
consideration of a bill or an amendment thereto if it
establishes or expresses a commemoration.
Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation
providing new budget authority, change in revenues,
change in public debt, new entitlement authority or new
credit authority for a fiscal year until the budget
resolution for that year has been agreed to.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 1, as amended, the Committee is not aware of
any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in Part B of this report or against
amendments en bloc described in Section 3 of the resolution,
the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver
is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 1280 includes waivers of the following:
Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits
consideration of a measure that has a net effect of
increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus over the
five- or 10-year period.
Section 302(f)(1) of the Congressional
Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of
legislation providing new budget authority in excess of
a 302(a) or 302(b) allocation of such authority.
Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation
providing new budget authority, change in revenues,
change in public debt, new entitlement authority or new
credit authority for a fiscal year until the budget
resolution for that year has been agreed to.
Section 425 of the Congressional Budget Act,
which prohibits consideration of any legislation that
would increase the direct costs of Federal
intergovernmental mandates beyond $50,000,000 (adjusted
for inflation) unless the legislation provides for new
budget authority or the legislation appropriates
sufficient funds to cover the new costs.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 1280, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 46
Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule for H.R. 1 and
H.R. 1280. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman..........................
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Rules Committee record vote No. 47
Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to H.R. 1280 to make
in order amendment #1, offered by Rep. Stauber (MN), which
replaces the language of H.R. 1280 with the language of the
Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities
Everywhere (JUSTICE) Act. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 48
Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to H.R. 1 to make in
order amendment #147, offered by Rep. Davis (IL), which strikes
Section 5111 the ``Small Dollar Financing of Congressional
Election Campaigns'' section, which creates a 6:1 match program
with public funds to politicians. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 49
Motion by Rep. Reschenthaler to amend the rule to H.R. 1 to
make in order amendment #183, offered by Rep. Kelly (PA), which
strikes Section 4501, which would allow the IRS to use
political positions as criteria for determining whether to
grant an organization tax-exempt status. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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Rules Committee Record Vote No. 50
Motion by Rep. Fischbach to amend the rule to H.R. 1 to
make in order amendment #112, offered by Rep. Davis (IL), which
adds the Voluntary Minimum Standards for Software, which
directs the EAC to set voluntary minimum standards for
signature verification software. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 51
Motion by Rep. Fischbach to amend the rule to H.R. 1 to
make in order the following amendments: amendment #73, offered
by Rep. Biggs (AZ), which strikes Section 6002 of the bill; and
amendment #75, offered by Rep. Biggs (AZ), which strikes
section 6003 of the bill. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 52
Motion by Rep. Fischbach to amend the rule to H.R. 1280 to
make in order amendment #7, offered by Rep. Zeldin (NY), which
creates a ``bill of rights'' for law enforcement and encourages
states to adopt these measures as well as create a minimum
standard to protect a police officer's inherent right to self-
defense and protection from harassment. Additionally, the
amendment recognizes the bravery of law enforcement and
encourages dialogue between law enforcement and their
respective communities to improve public safety. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Reschenthaler................. Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Fischbach.................... Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Ms. Ross........................................ Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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Rules Committee record vote No. 53
Motion by Mr. Morelle to report the rule. Adopted: 7-4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Nay
Mrs. Torres..................................... Yea Mr. Burgess....................... Nay
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Yea Mr. Reschenthaler................. Nay
Mr. Raskin...................................... Yea Mrs. Fischbach.................... Nay
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Yea
Mr. Morelle..................................... Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Yea
Ms. Ross........................................ Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... ............
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1 IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Lofgren (CA): Makes technical and confirming edits;
augments section on findings of general constitutional
authority; clarifies standards for judicial review; requires
mail-in ballots to use the Postal Service barcode service;
clarifies that the definition of a thing of value in the
Federal Election Campaign Act prohibition on foreign donations
to political campaigns and candidates includes information
sought or obtained for political advantage; strikes section
related to the inadmissibility and deportability of aliens
engaged in improper interference in United States elections;
updates the findings reaffirming commitment of Congress to
restore the Voting Rights Act; requires the Federal Election
Commission to gather corporate governance data for separate
segregated funds and to initiate a rulemaking on changing the
name of the same; adds findings language related to youth
voting; makes clarifying edits to the redistricting
requirements, including requiring the Department of Justice to
conducted an administrative review of final plans; provides for
an Election Day holiday; directs the EAC, in consultation with
the Access Board and CISA, to study voting systems to enhance
the accessibility of voting and verification for individuals
with disabilities; and amends certain effective dates.
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Scanlon (PA): Expands state requirements for early
voting locations to include college campuses. (10 minutes)
2. Adams (NC): Requires that, in order to be eligible for
funds under the program for institutions of higher education
demonstrating excellence in voter registration, institutions
must have engaged in initiatives to facilitate the
enfranchisement of groups of individuals that have historically
faced barriers to voting. (10 minutes)
3. Adams (NC): Requires school districts to describe how
they will prioritize access to initiatives for schools serving
their most vulnerable students when applying for funds under
the ``Pilot Program for Providing Voter Registration
Information to Secondary School Students.'' (10 minutes)
4. Adams (NC), Sewell (AL), Ross, Deborah (NC), Williams
(GA): Requires an appropriations set-aside for minority-serving
institutions (MSIs) under the grant program for institutions of
higher education demonstrating excellence in voter
registration. (10 minutes)
5. Adams (NC), DeFazio (OR): Inserts a provision requiring
the US Postal Service to sweep its facilities and post offices
daily to ensure that ballots are expeditiously transmitted to
local election officials. (10 minutes)
6. Armstrong (ND): Exempts any state that does not utilize
voter registration on enactment date of this Act and
continuously thereafter from complying with voter registration
requirements in the Act. (10 minutes)
7. Auchincloss (MA): Expands the requirements for states to
receive grants for poll worker recruitment and training to
ensure the state includes dedicated poll worker recruitment for
youth and minors, including by recruiting at institutions of
higher education and secondary education. (10 minutes)
8. Auchincloss (MA): Adds ``age'' to the list of bases upon
which voter challenges by persons other than election officials
will be presumed as lacking a good faith factual basis. (10
minutes)
9. Bourdeaux (GA), Williams (GA), McBath (GA): Protects the
ability of third parties to provide an application for an
absentee ballot; ensures that election officials can send voter
registration applications unsolicited; ensures that the number
of drop boxes and geographical distribution of drop boxes
provide a reasonable opportunity for voters to submit their
ballot; permits for the security of drop boxes through remote
or electronic surveillance. (10 minutes)
10. Boyle (PA): Allows for voter education information at
naturalization ceremonies for newly sworn in citizens. (10
minutes)
11. Brown (MD): Requires states to include an option for an
absentee ballot in the next and subsequent federal elections on
a voter registration application form as part of registering
for a State motor vehicle driver's license. (10 minutes)
12. Burgess (TX): Requires a report to Congress on the
impact of wide-spread mail-in voting on the suffrage of active
duty military servicemembers, how quickly their votes are
counted, and whether high volumes of mail-in votes makes it
harder for those individuals to vote. (10 minutes)
13. Burgess (TX): Requires a report to Congress on the data
collection practices, the required necessary security
resources, and the impact of a potential data breach of local,
state, or federal online voter registration systems. (10
minutes)
14. Bush, Cori (MO), Jones, Mondaire (NY), Bowman (NY),
Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Omar (MN), Pressley (MA), Watson Coleman
(NJ): Clarifies that felony convictions do not bar any eligible
individual from voting in federal elections, including
individuals who are currently incarcerated. (10 minutes)
15. Bush, Cori (MO): Expands accessibility requirements for
ballot drop box locations to ensure unhoused communities can
participate in federal elections. (10 minutes)
16. Case (HI), Murphy, Stephanie (FL): Directs the Election
Assistance Commission to conduct a study on the 2020 elections
and compile a list of recommendations to help states administer
vote-by-mail elections. (10 minutes)
17. Castor (FL): Adds campaign fund disbursement
requirements for former candidates registering as an agent
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (10 minutes)
18. Comer (KY): Adds provisions requiring the disclosure to
Congress of ethics waivers granted to executive branch
officials; requiring presidential transition team members to
disclose positions they held outside the federal government for
the previous year, including paid and unpaid positions; and a
provision barring presidential transition team members from
working on transition activities who do not disclose
information required in the transition ``ethics plan'', all of
which were included in H.R. 1 as introduced in the 116th
Congress. (10 minutes)
19. Davis, Rodney (IL): Strikes Subtitle C of Title III
``Enhancing Protections for United States Democratic
Institutions'' creating a `national strategy' to protect US
democratic institutions by establishing a national commission.
(10 minutes)
20. DeSaulnier (CA): Adds the Bots Research Act to the
bill, which requires the EAC to establish a task force to study
and report on the impact of automated accounts, known as
``bots,'' on social media, public discourse, and elections. (10
minutes)
21. Escobar (TX), Speier (CA), Frankel (FL), Lawrence (MI),
Sarbanes (MD): Exempts cybersecurity assistance, including
assistance in responding to threats or harassment online, from
limits on coordinated political party expenditures. (10
minutes)
22. Gallego (AZ), Leger Fernandez (NM): Improves voting
access for individuals with disabilities in the four corners
region of AZ, NM, CO, and UT by making a technical fix to the
Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) program to
include all 57 Protection and Advocacy Systems as eligible
funding recipients. (10 minutes)
23. Grijalva (AZ): Requires each State to submit to the
Election Assistance Commission and Congress a report that
includes the number of individuals who were purged from the
official voter registration list or moved to inactive status,
broken down by the reason for those actions, including the
method used for identifying those voters. (10 minutes)
24. Grijalva (AZ): Ensures that posting of notices at
polling locations take into consideration factors including the
linguistic preferences of voters in the jurisdiction. (10
minutes)
25. Langevin (RI), Gallagher (WI): Implements a
recommendation of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission to ensure
the security of our elections and resilience of our democracy
by creating the position of Senior Cyber Policy Advisor at the
Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and specifying that the
duties of the EAC include the development, maintenance and
dissemination of cybersecurity guidelines. (10 minutes)
26. Lawrence (MI): Prevents the United States Postal
Service from enacting any new operational change that slows the
delivery of voting materials in the 120-day period before an
election. (10 minutes)
27. Lawrence (MI): Requires the United States Postal
Service to appoint Election Mail Coordinators to assist
election officials with any voting material questions. (10
minutes)
28. Lesko (AZ): Strikes Sec. 4208, which expands political
record requirements for online platforms. (10 minutes)
29. Levin, Andy (MI): Amends Sec. 8042 (requiring
disclosures of political donations and fundraising by certain
Senate-confirmed nominees and other senior appointees) to add
``chiefs of mission,'' as defined by the Foreign Service Act of
1980, to the list of covered individuals. (10 minutes)
30. Luria (VA), Murphy, Stephanie (FL): Prohibits taxpayer
funds from being added into Freedom From Influence fund. (10
minutes)
31. Manning (NC), Price (NC), Ross, Deborah (NC),
Butterfield (NC), Maloney, Sean (NY): Directs the Election
Assistance Commission (EAC) and the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) to submit a joint study to Congress of how to best
enforce the fair and equitable waiting times standards set
forth in Sec. 1906 of H.R. 1. Requires that no individual waits
longer than 30 minutes to cast a ballot at a polling place. (10
minutes)
32. Phillips (MN), McCollum (MN): Requires state election
officials to undertake accessible public education campaigns to
inform voters of any changes to election processes made in
response to public emergencies. (10 minutes)
33. Plaskett (VI): Amends the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 to equitably include territories of the United
States. (10 minutes)
34. Plaskett (VI): Applies federal voter protection laws to
territories of the United States. (10 minutes)
35. Plaskett (VI): Permits each of the territories of the
United States to provide and furnish statues honoring their
United States citizen residents for placement in Statuary Hall
in the same manner as statues honoring United States citizen
residents of the several States are provided for placement in
Statuary Hall. (10 minutes)
36. Plaskett (VI): Includes territories of the United
States in the Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2021 in the
same manner as the 50 States and the District of Columbia. (10
minutes)
37. Pressley (MA), Meng (NY), Schakowsky (IL): Lowers the
Mandatory Minimum Voting Age in Federal Elections to 16 years
of age. (10 minutes)
38. Schneider (IL), Case (HI): Requires disclosure of
donations of $5,000 or more to political committees, including
super PACs, made 20 days or less before an election in order to
ensure transparency of contributions not likely to be disclosed
through regular reporting requirements before an election. (10
minutes)
39. Schweikert (AZ): Directs the Election Assistance
Commission to conduct a study regarding the use of blockchain
technology to enhance voter security in Federal elections. (10
minutes)
40. Spanberger (VA), Case (HI), Moulton (MA): Requires
disclaimers within the content of social media posts for
foreign-backed political content shared on online platforms.
The amendment is the text of the bipartisan Foreign Agents
Disclaimer Enhancement Act. (10 minutes)
41. Speier (CA): Requires large online platforms to
maintain a public record of political advertisements which
includes information on the total number of views generated by
the advertisement, the number of views by unique individuals,
and the number of shares. (10 minutes)
42. Speier (CA), Moore (WI), Lawrence (MI), Schakowsky
(IL), Frankel (FL), Dingell (MI), Escobar (TX), Bush, Cori
(MO), Kuster (NH), Lee, Barbara (CA): Requires states to
establish privacy programs to keep personally identifiable
information in voter files, such as addresses, confidential to
protect survivors of domestic violence, dating violence,
stalking, sexual assault, and trafficking. For automatic voter
registration, requires that individuals receive an explanation
of what information is needed to access voter information
online, how that information is shared or sold, and what
privacy programs are available to survivors. (10 minutes)
43. Speier (CA), Carson (IN): Extends the statute of
limitations for criminal violations of Federal Election
Campaign Act from 5 years to 10 years; and for civil violations
from 5 years to 15 years. (10 minutes)
44. Speier (CA): Requires a sufficient number of ballot
marking machines equipped for individuals with disabilities, as
defined by the Election Assistance Commission in consultation
with the Access Board and the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, for all in person voting options. (10 minutes)
45. Swalwell (CA): Ensures college student voters are not
subjected to intimidation or deceptive practices when
exercising their right to vote in their college towns. (10
minutes)
46. Swalwell (CA): Clarifies prohibitions on polling places
or ballot drop boxes that falsely purport to be an official
location established for an election. (10 minutes)
47. Swalwell (CA): Adds colleges' and universities' duty to
better provide students with voter information on the school's
website and transmitted via social media. (10 minutes)
48. Tlaib (MI): Prioritizes local education agencies that
receive Title I funding from the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act for the pilot program to provide voter
registration information to secondary school students prior to
graduation. (10 minutes)
49. Tlaib (MI): Requires that every polling location has
available free of charge the required forms from the relevant
State for an individual to register to vote, or revise the
individual's voter registration information. (10 minutes)
50. Tlaib (MI): Requires all polling stations to be open
for a minimum of 4 total hours outside of the regular working
hours from 9am to 5pm in the time zone of the polling location.
(10 minutes)
51. Torres, Ritchie (NY), Bush, Cori (MO): Requires the
Federal Election Commission to (1) study the efficacy of
political voucher programs in expanding and diversifying who
gives to candidates and who runs for office and (2) issue a
report on how a national political voucher program could be
implemented. (10 minutes)
52. Torres, Ritchie (NY): Requires GAO to conduct a study
on turnout rates based on age in States and localities that
permit voters to participate in elections before reaching the
age of 18. (10 minutes)
53. Torres, Ritchie (NY): Requires GAO to conduct a study
on the implementation and impact of ranked choice voting in
States and localities with a focus on how to best implement a
model for Federal elections nation wide. The study shall
include the impact on voter turnout, negative campaigning, and
who decides to run for office. (10 minutes)
54. Underwood (IL): Requires the Comptroller General's
report on small dollar financing to include an assessment of
impacts on candidate diversity. (10 minutes)
55. Waters (CA): Prohibits misinformation which threatens
potential voters with civil or other legal penalties if they
exercise their right to vote. (10 minutes)
56. Williams (GA): Requires the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, in coordination with the Election Assistance
Commission, to provide a uniform statement that would be
included with certain leases and vouchers for federally
assisted rental housing as well as with mortgage applications
to inform recipients how they can register to vote and their
voting rights under law. (10 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 2, line 9, strike ``Finance'' and insert ``Finance.''.
In the item relating to section 9001 in the table of
contents of the bill, strike ``Congresst'' and insert
``Congress''.
Page 16, line 5, strike ``and'' and insert ``to prevent and
remedy discrimination in voting, and''.
Page 17, line 18, strike the period and insert the
following: ``, and to address partisan gerrymandering, Rucho v.
Common Cause, 588 U.S. _, 32-33 (2019).''
Page 18, line 25, strike ``is denied'' and insert ``is
abridged or denied''.
Page 22, line 9, strike ``If any action is brought'' and
insert ``For any action brought''.
Page 22, line 11, insert ``or lawfulness'' after
``constitutionality''.
Page 22, line 19, add after the period the following:
``These courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States on a
writ of certiorari (if such a writ is issued), shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to hear such actions.''.
Page 22, strike line 24 and all that follows through page
23, line 5 and insert the following (and redesignate the
succeeding provision accordingly):
(3) It shall be the duty of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia and the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
to advance on the docket and to expedite to the
greatest possible extent the disposition of the action
and appeal.
(b) Clarifying Scope of Jurisdiction.--If an action at the
time of its commencement is not subject to subsection (a), but
an amendment, counterclaim, cross-claim, affirmative defense,
or any other pleading or motion is filed challenging, whether
facially or as-applied, the constitutionality or lawfulness of
this Act or any amendment made by this Act or any rule or
regulation promulgated under this Act, the district court shall
transfer the action to the District Court for the District of
Columbia, and the action shall thereafter be conducted pursuant
to subsection (a).
Page 27, strike lines 6 through 8 and insert the following:
(1) the ability of all eligible citizens of the
United States to access and exercise their
constitutional right to vote in a free, fair, and
timely manner must be vigilantly enhanced, protected,
and maintained; and
Page 53, line 22, strike ``Each'' and insert ``Except as
otherwise provided in this section, each''.
Page 53, line 25, strike ``or, in the case of an
institution of higher education, each registration of a student
for enrollment in a course of study''.
Page 54, line 7, strike `` the contributing agency informs
the individual of the information described in paragraph (1),''
and insert ``a contributing agency as described in paragraph
(1) informs an individual of the information described in such
paragraph, unless the individual has declined to be registered
to vote or informs the agency that they are already registered
to vote,''.
Page 54, line 14, strike ``, unless during such 30-day
period the individual declined to be registered to vote''.
Page 55, strike lines 3 through 5 and insert the following:
(G) Except in the case in which the
contributing agency is a covered institution of
higher education, in the case of a State in
which affiliation or enrollment with a
political party is required in order to
participate in an election to select the
party's candidate in an election for Federal
office, information regarding the individual's
affiliation or enrollment with a political
party, but only if the individual provides such
information.
Page 59, strike line 21 and all that follows through page
61, line 6 (and redesignate the succeeding provisions
accordingly).
Page 61, insert after line 17 the following:
(f) Institutions of Higher Education.--
(1) In general.--Each covered institution of higher
education shall be treated as a contributing agency in
the State in which the institution is located with
respect to in-State students.
(2) PROCEDURES.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 444
of the General Education Provisions Act (20
U.S.C. 1232g; commonly referred to as the
``Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of
1974'') or any other provision of law, each
covered institution of higher education shall
comply with the requirements of subsection.
(b) with respect to each in-State student.
(B) RULES FOR COMPLIANCE.--In complying with
the requirements described in subparagraph (A),
the institution--
(i) may use information provided in
the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid described in section 483 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1090) to collect information
described in paragraph (3) of such
subsection for purposes of transmitting
such information to the appropriate
State election official pursuant to
such paragraph; and
(ii) shall not be required to prevent
or delay students from enrolling in a
course of study or otherwise impede the
completion of the enrollment process;
and (iii) shall not withhold, delay, or
impede the provision of Federal
financial aid provided under title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
(C) CLARIFICATION.--Nothing in this part may
be construed to require an institution of
higher education to request each student to
affirm whether or not the student is a United
States citizen or otherwise collect information
with respect to citizenship.
(3) Definitions.--
(A) Covered Institution of Higher
Education.--In this section, the term ``covered
institution of higher education'' means an
institution of higher education that--
(i) has a program participation
agreement in effect with the Secretary
of Education under section 487 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1094);
(ii) in its normal course of
operations, requests each in-State
student enrolling in the institution to
affirm whether or not the student is a
United States citizen; and
(iii) is located in a State to which
section 4(b)(1) of the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C.
20503(b)(1)) does not apply.
(B) In-state student.--In this section, the
term ``in-State student''--
(i) means a student enrolled in a
covered institution of higher education
who, for purposes related to in-State
tuition, financial aid eligibility, or
other similar purposes, resides in the
State; and
(ii) includes a student described in
clause (i) who is enrolled in a program
of distance education, as defined in
section 103 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
Page 89, line 9, strike ``fiscal year 2020'' and insert
``fiscal year 2022''.
Page 155, line 2, strike ``Paper Ballot Verification
Mechanisms'' and insert ``Voting Options''.
Page 155, line 11, strike ``Paper Ballot Verification
Mechanisms'' and insert ``Voting Options''.
Page 155, strike lines 13 through 23 and insert the
following:
``(a) Grants To Study and Report.--The Commission, in
coordination with the Access Board and the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, shall make grants to not fewer
than three eligible entities to study, test, and develop
accessible and secure remote voting systems and voting,
verification, and casting devices to enhance the accessibility
of voting and verification for individuals with
disabilities.''.
Page 155, line 25, strike ``Director'' and insert
``Commission''.
Page 156, line 1, strike ``Director'' and insert
``Commission''.
Page 156, strike lines 3 through 9 (and redesignate the
succeeding provisions accordingly).
Page 156, line 12, strike ``December 31, 2022'' and insert
``January 1, 2024''.
Page 156, line 14, strike ``Director'' and insert
``Commission''.
Page 156, line 21, strike ``Director'' and insert
``Commission''.
Page 157, line 1, strike ``Director and Commission
determine'' and insert ``Commission determines''.
Page 157, line 5, strike ``$5,000,000'' and insert
``$10,000,000''.
Page 157, in the item inserted after line 11, strike
``paper ballot verification mechanisms'' and insert ``voting
options''.
Page 166, line 16, insert ``of the jurisdiction in which
the individual is registered'' after ``official''.
Page 170, line 6, strike ``during early voting'' and insert
``during in-person early voting''.
Page 173, strike lines 10 through 15 (and redesignate the
succeeding provision accordingly).
Page 177, line 24, strike ``and''.
Page 178, line 3, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 178, insert after line 3 the following:
(iii) of the officials who make the
determination, at least one is
affiliated with the political party
whose candidate received the most votes
in the most recent statewide election
for Federal office held in the State
and at least one is affiliated with the
political party whose candidate
received the second most votes in the
most recent statewide election for
Federal office held in the State.''.
Page 178, line 8, insert ``and the Commission'' after
``Congress''.
Page 179, strike line 15 and all that follows through page
181, line 8 and insert the following:
``(c) Transmission of Applications, Ballots, and Balloting
Materials to Voters.--
``(1) Automatic transmission of absentee ballot
applications by mail.--
``(A) Transmission of applications.--Not
later than 60 days before the date of an
election for Federal office, the appropriate
State or local election official shall transmit
by mail an application for an absentee ballot
for the election to each individual who is
registered to vote in the election, or, in the
case of any State that does not register
voters, all individuals who are in the State's
central voter file (or if the State does not
keep a central voter file, all individuals who
are eligible to vote in such election).
``(B) Exception for individuals already
receiving applications automatically.--
Subparagraph (A) does not apply with respect to
an individual to whom the State is already
required to transmit an application for an
absentee ballot for the election because the
individual exercised the option described in
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) to treat an
application for an absentee ballot in a
previous election for Federal office in the
State as an application for an absentee ballot
in all subsequent elections for Federal office
in the State.
``(C) Exception for states transmitting
ballots without application.--Subparagraph (A)
does not apply with respect to a State which
transmits a ballot in an election for Federal
office in the State to a voter prior to the
date of the election without regard to whether
or not the voter submitted an application for
the ballot to the State.
``(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this
paragraph may be construed to prohibit an
individual from submitting to the appropriate
State or local election official an application
for an absentee ballot in an election for
Federal office, including through the methods
described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Other methods for applying for absentee
ballot.--
``(A) In general.--In addition to such other
methods as the State may establish for an
individual to apply for an absentee ballot, the
State shall permit an individual--
``(i) to submit an application for an
absentee ballot online; and
``(ii) to submit an application for
an absentee ballot through the use of
an automated telephone-based system,
subject to the same terms and
conditions applicable under this
paragraph to the services made
available online.
``(B) Treatment of websites.--The State shall
be considered to meet the requirements of
subparagraph (A)(i) if the website of the
appropriate State or local election official
allows an application for an absentee ballot to
be completed and submitted online and if the
website permits the individual--
``(i) to print the application so
that the individual may complete the
application and return it to the
official; or
``(ii) request that a paper copy of
the application be transmitted to the
individual by mail or electronic mail
so that the individual may complete the
application and return it to the
official.
``(C) Ensuring delivery prior to election.--
If an individual who is eligible to vote in an
election for Federal office submits an
application for an absentee ballot in the
election, the appropriate State or local
election official shall ensure that the ballot
and relating voting materials are received by
the individual prior to the date of the
election so long as the individual's
application is received by the official not
later than 5 days (excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal public holidays) before the
date of the election, except that nothing in
this paragraph shall preclude a State or local
jurisdiction from allowing for the acceptance
and processing of absentee ballot applications
submitted or received after such required
period.
``(D) Application for all future elections.--
At the option of an individual, a State shall
treat the individual's application to vote by
absentee ballot by mail in an election for
Federal office as an application for an
absentee ballot by mail in all subsequent
Federal elections held in the State.''.
Page 181, line 24, strike ``postmarked, signed, or
otherwise'' and insert ``postmarked or otherwise''.
Page 182, line 2, strike the semicolon and insert the
following: ``, or has been signed by the voter on or before the
date of the election;''.
Page 186, line 21, strike ``Counted'' and insert
``Accepted''.
Page 186, line 24, strike ``counted'' and insert
``accepted''.
Page 186, line 25, strike ``not counted'' and insert
``rejected''.
Page 192, insert after line 15 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provisions accordingly):
``(b) In the case of any election mail carried by the
Postal Service that consists of a ballot, the Postal Service
shall indicate on the ballot envelope, using a postmark or
otherwise--
``(1) the fact that the ballot was carried by the
Postal Service; and
``(2) the date on which the ballot was mailed.''.
Page 193, insert after line 5 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provision accordingly):
(2) Mail-in ballots and postal service barcode
service.--
(A) In general.--Section 3001 of title 39,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(p) Any ballot sent within the United States for an
election for Federal office is nonmailable and shall not be
carried or delivered by mail unless the ballot is mailed in an
envelope that--
``(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or
successive service or marking) that enables tracking of
each individual ballot;
``(2) satisfies requirements for ballot envelope
design that the Postal Service may promulgate by
regulation;
``(3) satisfies requirements for machineable letters
that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation;
and
``(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo (or
any successor label that the Postal Service may
establish for ballots).''.
(B) Application.--The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to any election for
Federal office occurring after the date of
enactment of this Act.
Page 207, line 15, strike ``November 2020'' and insert
``November 2022''.
Page 219, line 21, strike ``2020'' and insert ``2021''.
Page 226, line 3, strike ``2020'' and insert ``2021''.
Page 255, insert before line 17 the following:
SEC. 1909. ELECTION DAY AS LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
(a) In general.--Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
Columbus Day the following:
``Election Day, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November of every even-numbered year.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general
elections for Federal office held in November 2022 or any
succeeding year.
Page 262, line 19, strike ``Part 3'' and insert ``Part 4''.
Strike page 268, line 4, through page 270, line 17, and
insert the following:
SEC. 2001. FINDINGS REAFFIRMING COMMITMENT OF CONGRESS TO RESTORE THE
VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The right to vote for all Americans is a
fundamental right guaranteed by the United States
Constitution.
(2) Federal, State, and local governments should
protect the right to vote and promote voter
participation across all demographics.
(3) The Voting Rights Act has empowered the
Department of Justice and Federal courts for nearly a
half a century to block discriminatory voting practices
before their implementation in States and localities
with the most troubling histories, ongoing records of
racial discrimination, and demonstrations of lower
participation rates for protected classes.
(4) There continues to be an alarming movement to
erect barriers to make it more difficult for Americans
to participate in our Nation's democratic process. The
Nation has witnessed unprecedented efforts to turn back
the clock and enact suppressive laws that block access
to the franchise for communities of color which have
faced historic and continuing discrimination, as well
as disabled, young, elderly, and low-income Americans.
(5) The Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v.
Holder (570 U.S. 529 (2013)), gutted decades-long
Federal protections for communities of color and
language-minority populations facing ongoing
discrimination, emboldening States and local
jurisdictions to pass voter suppression laws and
implement procedures, like those requiring photo
identification, limiting early voting hours,
eliminating same-day registration, purging voters from
the rolls, and reducing the number of polling places.
(6) Racial discrimination in voting is a clear and
persistent problem. The actions of States and
localities around the country post-Shelby County,
including at least 10 findings by Federal courts of
intentional discrimination, underscored the need for
Congress to conduct investigatory and evidentiary
hearings to determine the legislation necessary to
restore the Voting Rights Act and combat continuing
efforts in America that suppress the free exercise of
the franchise in Black and other communities of color.
(7) Evidence of discriminatory voting practice spans
from decades ago through to the past several election
cycles. The 2018 midterm elections, for example,
demonstrated ongoing discrimination in voting.
(8) During the 116th Congress, congressional
committees in the House of Representatives held
numerous hearings, collecting substantial testimony and
other evidence which underscored the need to pass a
restoration of the Voting Rights Act.
(9) On December 6, 2019, the House of Representatives
passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,
which would restore and modernize the Voting Rights
Act, in accordance with language from the Shelby County
decision. Congress reaffirms that the barriers faced by
too many voters across this Nation when trying to cast
their ballot necessitate reintroduction of many of the
protections once afforded by the Voting Rights Act.
(10) The 2020 primary and general elections provide
further evidence that systemic voter discrimination and
intimidation continues to occur in communities of color
across the country, making it clear that full access to
the franchise will not be achieved until Congress
restores key provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
(11) As of late-February 2021, 43 States had
introduced, prefiled, or carried over 253 bills to
restrict voting access that, primarily, limit mail
voting access, impose stricter voter ID requirements,
slash voter registration opportunities, and/or enable
more aggressive voter roll purges.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
(1) To improve access to the ballot for all citizens.
(2) To establish procedures by which States and
localities, in accordance with past actions, submit
voting practice changes for preclearance by the Federal
Government.
(3) To enhance the integrity and security of our
voting systems.
(4) To ensure greater accountability for the
administration of elections by States and localities.
(5) To restore protections for voters against
practices in States and localities plagued by the
persistence of voter disenfranchisement.
(6) To ensure that Federal civil rights laws protect
the rights of voters against discriminatory and
deceptive practices.
Page 285, line 7, strike ``who not'' and insert ``who are
not''.
Page 286, insert after line 9 the following:
SEC. 2403. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING.
(a) Criteria.--Under the redistricting plan of a State,
there shall be established single-member congressional
districts using the following criteria as set forth in the
following order of priority:
(1) Districts shall comply with the United States
Constitution, including the requirement that they
equalize total population.
(2) Districts shall comply with the Voting Rights Act
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), including by
creating any districts where two or more politically
cohesive groups protected by such Act are able to elect
representatives of choice in coalition with one
another, and all applicable Federal laws.
(3) Districts shall be drawn, to the extent that the
totality of the circumstances warrant, to ensure the
practical ability of a group protected under the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) to
participate in the political process and to nominate
candidates and to elect representatives of choice is
not diluted or diminished, regardless of whether or not
such protected group constitutes a majority of a
district's citizen voting age population.
(4) Districts shall respect communities of interest,
neighborhoods, and political subdivisions to the extent
practicable and after compliance with the requirements
of paragraphs (1) through (3). A community of interest
is defined as an area with recognized similarities of
interests, including but not limited to ethnic, racial,
economic, tribal, social, cultural, geographic or
historic identities. The term communities of interest
may, in certain circumstances, include political
subdivisions such as counties, municipalities, tribal
lands and reservations, or school districts, but shall
not include common relationships with political parties
or political candidates.
(b) No Favoring or Disfavoring of Political Parties.--
(1) Prohibition.--The redistricting plan enacted by a
State shall not, when considered on a Statewide basis,
be drawn with the intent or the effect of unduly
favoring or disfavoring any political party.
(2) Determination of effect.--
(A) Totality of circumstances.--For purposes
of paragraph (1), the determination of whether
a redistricting plan has the effect of unduly
favoring or disfavoring a political party shall
be based on the totality of circumstances,
including evidence regarding the durability and
severity of a plan's partisan bias.
(B) Plans deemed to have effect of unduly
favoring or disfavoring a political party.--
Without limiting other ways in which a
redistricting plan may be determined to have
the effect of unduly favoring or disfavoring a
political party under the totality of
circumstances under subparagraph (A), a
redistricting plan shall be deemed to have the
effect of unduly favoring or disfavoring a
political party if--
(i) modeling based on relevant
historical voting patterns shows that
the plan is statistically likely to
result in a partisan bias of more than
one seat in States with 20 or fewer
congressional districts or a partisan
bias of more than 2 seats in States
with more than 20 congressional
districts, as determined using
quantitative measures of partisan
fairness, which may include, but are
not limited to, the seats-to-votes
curve for an enacted plan, the
efficiency gap, the declination,
partisan asymmetry, and the mean-median
difference, and
(ii) alternative plans, which may
include, but are not limited to, those
generated by redistricting algorithms,
exist that could have complied with the
requirements of law and not been in
violation of paragraph (1).
(3) Determination of Intent.--For purposes of
paragraph (A), a rebuttable presumption shall exist
that a redistricting plan enacted by the legislature of
a State was not enacted with the intent of unduly
favoring or disfavoring a political party if the plan
was enacted with the support of at least a third of the
members of the second largest political party in each
house of the legislature.
(4) No Violation based on Certain Criteria.--No
redistricting plan shall be found to be in violation of
paragraph
(1) because of partisan bias attributable to the
application of the criteria set forth in paragraphs (1), (2),
or
(3) of subsection (a), unless one or more alternative plans
could have complied with such paragraphs without having the
effect of unduly favoring or disfavoring a political party.
(c) Factors Prohibited From Consideration.--In developing
the redistricting plan for the State, the independent
redistricting commission may not take into consideration any of
the following factors, except to the extent necessary to comply
with the criteria described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of
subsection (a), subsection (b), and to enable the redistricting
plan to be measured against the external metrics described in
section 2413(d):
(1) The residence of any Member of the House of
Representatives or candidate.
(2) The political party affiliation or voting history
of the population of a district.
(d) Applicability.--This section applies to any authority,
whether appointed, elected, judicial, or otherwise, that
designs or enacts a congressional redistricting plan of a
State.
(e) Severability of Criteria.--If any of the criteria set
forth in this section, or the application of such criteria to
any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the
remaining criteria set forth in this section, and the
application of such criteria to any person or circumstance,
shall not be affected by the holding.
Page 307, line 13, strike ``shall'' and insert ``shall, by
majority vote''.
Page 309, line 2, strike ``shall'' and insert ``shall, by
majority vote''.
Page 310, line 17, strike ``shall'' and insert ``shall, by
majority vote''.
Amend section 2413 to read as follows:
SEC. 2413. PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.
(a) Public Notice and Input.--
(1) Use of open and transparent process.--The
independent redistricting commission of a State shall
hold each of its meetings in public, shall solicit and
take into consideration comments from the public,
including proposed maps, throughout the process of
developing the redistricting plan for the State, and
shall carry out its duties in an open and transparent
manner which provides for the widest public
dissemination reasonably possible of its proposed and
final redistricting plans.
(2) Website.--
(A) Features.--The commission shall maintain
a public Internet site which is not affiliated
with or maintained by the office of any elected
official and which includes the following
features:
(i) General information on the
commission, its role in the
redistricting process, and its members,
including contact information.
(ii) An updated schedule of
commission hearings and activities,
including deadlines for the submission
of comments.
(iii) All draft redistricting plans
developed by the commission under
subsection
(b) and the final redistricting plan developed under
subsection (c), including the accompanying written evaluation
under subsection (d).
(iv) All comments received from the
public on the commission's activities,
including any proposed maps submitted
under paragraph (1).
(v) Live streaming of commission
hearings and an archive of previous
meetings, including any documents
considered at any such meeting, which
the commission shall post not later
than 24 hours after the conclusion of
the meeting.
(vi) Access in an easily useable
format to the demographic and other
data used by the commission to develop
and analyze the proposed redistricting
plans, together with access to any
software used to draw maps of proposed
districts and to any reports analyzing
and evaluating any such maps.
(vii) A method by which members of
the public may submit comments and
proposed maps directly to the
commission.
(viii) All records of the commission,
including all communications to or from
members, employees, and contractors
regarding the work of the commission.
(ix) A list of all contractors
receiving payment from the commission,
together with the annual disclosures
submitted by the contractors under
section 2411(c)(3).
(x) A list of the names of all
individuals who submitted applications
to serve on the commission, together
with the applications submitted by
individuals included in any selection
pool, except that the commission may
redact from such applications any
financial or other personally sensitive
information.
(B) Searchable format.--The commission shall
ensure that all information posted and
maintained on the site under this paragraph,
including information and proposed maps
submitted by the public, shall be maintained in
an easily searchable format.
(C) Deadline.--The commission shall ensure
that the public internet site under this
paragraph is operational (in at least a
preliminary format) not later than January 1 of
the year ending in the numeral one.
(3) Public comment period.--The commission shall
solicit, accept, and consider comments from the public
with respect to its duties, activities, and procedures
at any time during the period--
(A) which begins on January 1 of the year
ending in the numeral one; and
(B) which ends 7 days before the date of the
meeting at which the commission shall vote on
approving the final redistricting plan for
enactment into law under subsection (c)(2).
(4) Meetings and hearings in various geographic
locations.--To the greatest extent practicable, the
commission shall hold its meetings and hearings in
various geographic regions and locations throughout the
State.
(5) Multiple language requirements for all notices.--
The commission shall make each notice which is required
to be posted and published under this section available
in any language in which the State (or any jurisdiction
in the State) is required to provide election materials
under section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
(b) Development and Publication of Preliminary
Redistricting Plan.--
(1) In general.--Prior to developing and publishing a final
redistricting plan under subsection (c), the independent
redistricting commission of a State shall develop and publish a
preliminary redistricting plan.
(2) Minimum public hearings and opportunity for
comment prior to development.--
(A) 3 hearings required.--Prior to developing
a preliminary redistricting plan under this
subsection, the commission shall hold not fewer
than 3 public hearings at which members of the
public may provide input and comments regarding
the potential contents of redistricting plans
for the State and the process by which the
commission will develop the preliminary plan
under this subsection.
(B) Minimum period for notice prior to
hearings.--Not fewer than 14 days prior to the
date of each hearing held under this paragraph,
the commission shall post notices of the
hearing in on the website maintained under
subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the
publication of such notices in newspapers of
general circulation throughout the State. Each
such notice shall specify the date, time, and
location of the hearing.
(C) Submission of plans and maps by members
of the public.--Any member of the public may
submit maps or portions of maps for
consideration by the commission. As provided
under subsection (a)(2)(A), any such map shall
be made publicly available on the commission's
website and open to comment.
(3) Publication of preliminary plan.--
(A) In general.--The commission shall post
the preliminary redistricting plan developed
under this subsection, together with a report
that includes the commission's responses to any
public comments received under subsection
(a)(3), on the website maintained under
subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the
publication of each such plan in newspapers of
general circulation throughout the State.
(B) Minimum period for notice prior to
publication.--Not fewer than 14 days prior to
the date on which the commission posts and
publishes the preliminary plan under this
paragraph, the commission shall notify the
public through the website maintained under
subsection (a)(2), as well as through
publication of notice in newspapers of general
circulation throughout the State, of the
pending publication of the plan.
(4) Minimum post-publication period for public
comment.--The commission shall accept and consider
comments from the public (including through the website
maintained under subsection (a)(2)) with respect to the
preliminary redistricting plan published under
paragraph (3), including proposed revisions to maps,
for not fewer than 30 days after the date on which the
plan is published.
(5) Post-publication hearings.--
(A) 3 hearings required.--After posting and
publishing the preliminary redistricting plan
under paragraph (3), the commission shall hold
not fewer than 3 public hearings in different
geographic areas of the State at which members
of the public may provide input and comments
regarding the preliminary plan.
(B) Minimum period for notice prior to
hearings.--Not fewer than 14 days prior to the
date of each hearing held under this paragraph,
the commission shall post notices of the
hearing in on the website maintained under
subsection (a)(2), and shall provide for the
publication of such notices in newspapers of
general circulation throughout the State. Each
such notice shall specify the date, time, and
location of the hearing.
(6) Permitting multiple preliminary plans.--At the
option of the commission, after developing and
publishing the preliminary redistricting plan under
this subsection, the commission may develop and publish
subsequent preliminary redistricting plans, so long as
the process for the development and publication of each
such subsequent plan meets the requirements set forth
in this subsection for the development and publication
of the first preliminary redistricting plan.
(c) Process for Enactment of Final Redistricting Plan.--
(1) In general.--After taking into consideration
comments from the public on any preliminary
redistricting plan developed and published under
subsection (b), the independent redistricting
commission of a State shall develop and publish a final
redistricting plan for the State.
(2) Meeting; final vote.--Not later than the deadline
specified in subsection (e), the commission shall hold
a public hearing at which the members of the commission
shall vote on approving the final plan for enactment
into law.
(3) Publication of plan and accompanying materials.--
Not fewer than 14 days before the date of the meeting
under paragraph (2), the commission shall provide the
following information to the public through the website
maintained under subsection (a)(2), as well as through
newspapers of general circulation throughout the State:
(A) The final redistricting plan, including
all relevant maps.
(B) A report by the commission to accompany
the plan which provides the background for the
plan and the commission's reasons for selecting
the plan as the final redistricting plan,
including responses to the public comments
received on any preliminary redistricting plan
developed and published under subsection (b).
(C) Any dissenting or additional views with
respect to the plan of individual members of
the commission.
(4) Enactment.--Subject to paragraph (5), the final
redistricting plan developed and published under this
subsection shall be deemed to be enacted into law upon
the expiration of the 45-day period which begins on the
date on which--
(A) such final plan is approved by a majority
of the whole membership of the commission; and
(B) at least one member of the commission
appointed from each of the categories of the
approved selection pool described in section
2412(b)(1) approves such final plan.
(5) REVIEW BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.--
(A) Requiring submission of plan for
review.--The final redistricting plan shall not
be deemed to be enacted into law unless the
State submits the plan to the Department of
Justice for an administrative review to
determine if the plan is in compliance with the
criteria described in subparagraphs (B) and (C)
of section 2413(a)(1).
(B) Termination of review.--The Department of
Justice shall terminate any administrative
review under subparagraph (A) if, during the
45-day period which begins on the date the plan
is enacted into law, an action is filed in a
United States district court alleging that the
plan is not in compliance with the criteria
described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of
section 2413(a)(1).
(d) Written Evaluation of Plan Against External Metrics.--
The independent redistricting commission shall include with
each redistricting plan developed and published under this
section a written evaluation that measures each such plan
against external metrics which cover the criteria set forth in
section 2403(a), including the impact of the plan on the
ability of communities of color to elect candidates of choice,
measures of partisan fairness using multiple accepted
methodologies, and the degree to which the plan preserves or
divides communities of interest.
(e) Timing.--The independent redistricting commission of a
State may begin its work on the redistricting plan of the State
upon receipt of relevant population information from the Bureau
of the Census, and shall approve a final redistricting plan for
the State in each year ending in the numeral one not later than
8 months after the date on which the State receives the State
apportionment notice or October 1, whichever occurs later.
Page 328, insert after line 22 the following:
(5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
may be construed to prohibit the leader of any
political party in a legislature from appointment to
the Select Committee on Redistricting.
Page 330, line 19, strike ``2413(a)'' and insert ``2403''.
Page 332, line 3, strike ``2413(e)'' and insert
``2413(d)''.
Page 333, line 19, strike ``2413(f)'' and insert
``2413(e)''.
Page 338, insert after line 4 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provisions accordingly):
(c) Remedies.--
(1) Adoption of replacement plan.--
(A) In general.--If the district court in an
action under this section finds that the
congressional redistricting plan of a State
violates, in whole or in part, the requirements
of this subtitle--
(i) the Court shall adopt a
replacement congressional redistricting
plan for the State in accordance with
the process set forth in section 2421;
or
(ii) if circumstances warrant and no
delay to an upcoming regularly
scheduled election for the House of
Representatives in the State would
result, the district court may allow a
State to develop and propose a remedial
congressional redistricting plan for
consideration by the court, and such
remedial plan may be developed by the
State by adopting such appropriate
changes to the State's enacted plan as
may be ordered by the court.
(B) Special rule in case final adjudication
not expected within 3 months of election.--If
final adjudication of an action under this
section is not reasonably expected to be
completed at least three months prior to the
next regularly scheduled election for the House
of Representatives in the State, the district
court shall, as the balance of equities
warrant,--
(i) order development, adoption, and
use of an interim congressional
redistricting plan in accordance with
section 2421(e) to address any claims
under this title for which a party
seeking relief has demonstrated a
substantial likelihood of success; or
(ii) order adjustments to the timing
of primary elections for the House of
Representatives, as needed, to allow
sufficient opportunity for adjudication
of the matter and adoption of a
remedial or replacement plan for use in
the next regularly scheduled general
elections for the House of
Representatives.
(2) No injunctive relief permitted.--Any remedial or
replacement congressional redistricting plan ordered
under this subsection shall not be subject to temporary
or preliminary injunctive relief from any court unless
the record establishes that a writ of mandamus is
warranted.
(3) No stay pending appeal.--Notwithstanding the
appeal of an order finding that a congressional
redistricting plan of a State violates, in whole or in
part, the requirements of this subtitle, no stay shall
issue which shall bar the development or adoption of a
replacement or remedial plan under this subsection, as
may be directed by the district court, pending such
appeal.
Page 339, insert after line 24 the following:
PART 5--REQUIREMENTS FOR REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO 2020
CENSUS
Subpart A--Application of Certain Requirements for Redistricting
Carried out Pursuant to 2020 Census
SEC. 2441. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR REDISTRICTING
CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO 2020 CENSUS.
Notwithstanding section 2435, parts 1, 3, and 4 of this
subtitle and the amendments made by such parts shall apply with
respect to congressional redistricting carried out pursuant to
the decennial census conducted during 2020 in the same manner
as such parts and the amendments made by such parts apply with
respect to redistricting carried out pursuant to the decennial
census conducted during 2030, except as follows:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c) and
subsection (d) of section 2401, the redistricting shall
be conducted in accordance with--
(A) the redistricting plan developed and
enacted into law by the independent
redistricting commission established in the
State in accordance with subpart B; or
(B) if a plan developed by such commission is
not enacted into law, the redistricting plan
developed and enacted into law by a 3-judge
court in accordance with section 2421.
(2) If any of the triggering events described in
section 2442 occur with respect to the State, the
United States district court for the applicable venue
shall develop and publish the redistricting plan for
the State, in accordance with section 2421, not later
than December 15, 2021.
(3) For purposes of section 2431(d)(1), the Election
Assistance Commission may not make a payment to a State
under such section until the State certifies to the
Commission that the nonpartisan agency established or
designated by a State under section 2454(a) has, in
accordance with section 2452(b)(1), submitted a
selection pool to the Select Committee on Redistricting
for the State established under section 2454(b).
SEC. 2442. TRIGGERING EVENTS.
For purposes of the redistricting carried out pursuant to
the decennial census conducted during 2020, the triggering
events described in this section are as follows:
(1) The failure of the State to establish or
designate a nonpartisan agency under section 2454(a)
prior to the expiration of the deadline under section
2454(a)(6).
(2) The failure of the State to appoint a Select
Committee on Redistricting under section 2454(b) prior
to the expiration of the deadline under section
2454(b)(4).
(3) The failure of the Select Committee on
Redistricting to approve a selection pool under section
2452(b) prior to the expiration of the deadline under
section 2452(b)(7).
(4) The failure of the independent redistricting
commission of the State to approve a final
redistricting plan for the State under section 2453
prior to the expiration of the deadline under section
2453(e).
Subpart B--Independent Redistricting Commissions for Redistricting
Carried Out Pursuant to 2020 Census
SEC. 2451. USE OF INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS FOR
REDISTRICTING CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO 2020 CENSUS.
(a) Appointment of Members.--
(1) In general.--The nonpartisan agency established
or designated by a State under section 2454(a) shall
establish an independent redistricting commission under
this part for the State, which shall consist of 15
members appointed by the agency as follows:
(A) Not later than August 5, 2021, the agency
shall, at a public meeting held not earlier
than 15 days after notice of the meeting has
been given to the public, first appoint 6
members as follows:
(i) The agency shall appoint 2
members on a random basis from the
majority category of the approved
selection pool (as described in section
2452(b)(1)(A)).
(ii) The agency shall appoint 2
members on a random basis from the
minority category of the approved
selection pool (as described in section
2452(b)(1)(B)).
(iii) The agency shall appoint 2
members on a random basis from the
independent category of the approved
selection pool (as described in section
2452(b)(1)(C)).
(B) Not later than August 15, 2021, the
members appointed by the agency under
subparagraph (A) shall, at a public meeting
held not earlier than 15 days after notice of
the meeting has been given to the public, then
appoint 9 members as follows:
(i) The members shall appoint 3
members from the majority category of
the approved selection pool (as
described in section 2452(b)(1)(A)).
(ii) The members shall appoint 3
members from the minority category of
the approved selection pool (as
described in section 2452(b)(1)(B)).
(iii) The members shall appoint 3
members from the independent category
of the approved selection pool (as
described in section 2452(b)(1)(C)).
(2) Rules for appointment of members appointed by
first members.--
(A) Affirmative vote of at least 4 members.--
The appointment of any of the 9 members of the
independent redistricting commission who are
appointed by the first members of the
commission pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (1) shall require the affirmative
vote of at least 4 of the members appointed by
the nonpartisan agency under subparagraph (A)
of paragraph (1), including at least one member
from each of the categories referred to in such
subparagraph.
(B) Ensuring diversity.--In appointing the 9
members pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (1), the first members of the
independent redistricting commission shall
ensure that the membership is representative of
the demographic groups (including racial,
ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic
regions of the State, and provides racial,
ethnic, and language minorities protected under
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with a meaningful
opportunity to participate in the development
of the State's redistricting plan.
(3) Removal.--A member of the independent
redistricting commission may be removed by a
majority vote of the remaining members of the
commission if it is shown by a preponderance of
the evidence that the member is not eligible to
serve on the commission under section 2452(a).
(b) Procedures for Conducting Commission Business.--
(1) Requiring majority approval for actions.--The
independent redistricting commission of a State under
this part may not publish and disseminate any draft or
final redistricting plan, or take any other action,
without the approval of at least-
(A) a majority of the whole membership of the
commission; and
(B) at least one member of the commission
appointed from each of the categories of the
approved selection pool described in section
2452(b)(1).
(2) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the
commission shall constitute a quorum.
(c) Staff; Contractors.--
(1) Staff.--Under a public application process in
which all application materials are available for
public inspection, the independent redistricting
commission of a State under this part shall appoint and
set the pay of technical experts, legal counsel,
consultants, and such other staff as it considers
appropriate, subject to State law.
(2) Contractors.--The independent redistricting
commission of a State may enter into such contracts
with vendors as it considers appropriate, subject to
State law, except that any such contract shall be valid
only if approved by the vote of a majority of the
members of the commission, including at least one
member appointed from each of the categories of the
approved selection pool described in section
2452(b)(1).
(3) Goal of impartiality.--The commission shall take
such steps as it considers appropriate to ensure that
any staff appointed under this subsection, and any
vendor with whom the commission enters into a contract
under this subsection, will work in an impartial
manner.
(d) Preservation of Records.--The State shall ensure that
the records of the independent redistricting commission are
retained in the appropriate State archive in such manner as may
be necessary to enable the State to respond to any civil action
brought with respect to congressional redistricting in the
State.
SEC. 2452. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECTION POOL OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO
SERVE AS MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.
(a) Criteria for Eligibility.--
(1) In general.--An individual is eligible to serve
as a member of an independent redistricting commission
under this part if the individual meets each of the
following criteria:
(A) As of the date of appointment, the
individual is registered to vote in elections
for Federal office held in the State.
(B) During the 3-year period ending on the
date of the individual's appointment, the
individual has been continuously registered to
vote with the same political party, or has not
been registered to vote with any political
party.
(C) The individual submits to the nonpartisan
agency established or designated by a State
under section 2453, at such time and in such
form as the agency may require, an application
for inclusion in the selection pool under this
section, and includes with the application a
written statement, with an attestation under
penalty of perjury, containing the following
information and assurances:
(i) The full current name and any
former names of, and the contact
information for, the individual,
including an electronic mail address,
the address of the individual's
residence, mailing address, and
telephone numbers.
(ii) The individual's race,
ethnicity, gender, age, date of birth,
and household income for the most
recent taxable year.
(iii) The political party with which
the individual is affiliated, if any.
(iv) The reason or reasons the
individual desires to serve on the
independent redistricting commission,
the individual's qualifications, and
information relevant to the ability of
the individual to be fair and
impartial, including, but not limited
to-
(I) any involvement with, or
financial support of,
professional, social,
political, religious, or
community organizations or
causes;
(II) the individual's
employment and educational
history.
(v) An assurance that the individual
shall commit to carrying out the
individual's duties under this subtitle
in an honest, independent, and
impartial fashion, and to upholding
public confidence in the integrity of
the redistricting process.
(vi) An assurance that, during such
covered period as the State may
establish with respect to any of the
subparagraphs of paragraph (2), the
individual has not taken and will not
take any action which would disqualify
the individual from serving as a member
of the commission under such paragraph.
(2) Disqualifications.--An individual is not eligible
to serve as a member of the commission if any of the
following applies with respect to such covered period
as the State may establish:
(A) The individual or an immediate family
member of the individual holds public office or
is a candidate for election for public office.
(B) The individual or an immediate family
member of the individual serves as an officer
of a political party or as an officer,
employee, or paid consultant of a campaign
committee of a candidate for public office or
of any political action committee (as
determined in accordance with the law of the
State).
(C) The individual or an immediate family
member of the individual holds a position as a
registered lobbyist under the Lobbying
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)
or an equivalent State or local law.
(D) The individual or an immediate family
member of the individual is an employee of an
elected public official, a contractor with the
government of the State, or a donor to the
campaign of any candidate for public office or
to any political action committee (other than a
donor who, during any of such covered periods,
gives an aggregate amount of $1,000 or less to
the campaigns of all candidates for all public
offices and to all political action
committees).
(E) The individual paid a civil money penalty
or criminal fine, or was sentenced to a term of
imprisonment, for violating any provision of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52
U.S.C. 30101 et seq.).
(F) The individual or an immediate family
member of the individual is an agent of a
foreign principal under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C.
611 et seq.).
(3) Immediate family member defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``immediate family member'' means,
with respect to an individual, a father, stepfather,
mother, stepmother, son, stepson, daughter,
stepdaughter, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister,
husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in-law.
(b) Development and Submission of Selection Pool.--
(1) In general.--Not later than July 15, 2021, the
nonpartisan agency established or designated by a State
under section 2454(a) shall develop and submit to the
Select Committee on Redistricting for the State
established under section 2454(b) a selection pool of
36 individuals who are eligible to serve as members of
the independent redistricting commission of the State
under this part, consisting of individuals in the
following categories:
(A) A majority category, consisting of 12
individuals who are affiliated with the
political party whose candidate received the
most votes in the most recent Statewide
election for Federal office held in the State.
(B) A minority category, consisting of 12
individuals who are affiliated with the
political party whose candidate received the
second most votes in the most recent Statewide
election for Federal office held in the State.
(C) An independent category, consisting of 12
individuals who are not affiliated with either
of the political parties described in
subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B).
(2) Factors taken into account in developing pool.--
In selecting individuals for the selection pool under
this subsection, the nonpartisan agency shall--
(A) ensure that the pool is representative of
the demographic groups (including racial,
ethnic, economic, and gender) and geographic
regions of the State, and includes applicants
who would allow racial, ethnic, and language
minorities protected under the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 a meaningful opportunity to
participate in the development of the State's
redistricting plan; and
(B) take into consideration the analytical
skills of the individuals selected in relevant
fields (including mapping, data management,
law, community outreach, demography, and the
geography of the State) and their ability to
work on an impartial basis.
(3) Determination of political party affiliation of
individuals in selection pool.--For purposes of this
section, an individual shall be considered to be
affiliated with a political party only if the
nonpartisan agency is able to verify (to the greatest
extent possible) the information the individual
provides in the application submitted under subsection
(a)(1)(C), including by considering additional
information provided by other persons with knowledge of
the individual's history of political activity.
(4) Encouraging residents to apply for inclusion in
pool.--The nonpartisan agency shall take such steps as
may be necessary to ensure that residents of the State
across various geographic regions and demographic
groups are aware of the opportunity to serve on the
independent redistricting commission, including
publicizing the role of the panel and using newspapers,
broadcast media, and online sources, including ethnic
media, to encourage individuals to apply for inclusion
in the selection pool developed under this subsection.
(5) Report on establishment of selection pool.--At
the time the nonpartisan agency submits the selection
pool to the Select Committee on Redistricting under
paragraph (1), it shall publish a report describing the
process by which the pool was developed, and shall
include in the report a description of how the
individuals in the pool meet the eligibility criteria
of subsection (a) and of how the pool reflects the
factors the agency is required to take into
consideration under paragraph (2).
(6) Public comment on selection pool.--During the 14-
day period which begins on the date the nonpartisan
agency publishes the report under paragraph (5), the
agency shall accept comments from the public on the
individuals included in the selection pool. The agency
shall transmit all such comments to the Select
Committee on Redistricting immediately upon the
expiration of such period.
(7) Action by select committee.--
(A) In general.--Not later than August 1,
2021, the Select Committee on Redistricting
shall--
(i) approve the pool as submitted by
the nonpartisan agency, in which case
the pool shall be considered the
approved selection pool for purposes of
section 2451(a)(1); or
(ii) reject the pool, in which case
the redistricting plan for the State
shall be developed and enacted in
accordance with part 3.
(B) Inaction deemed rejection.--If the Select
Committee on Redistricting fails to approve or
reject the pool within the deadline set forth
in subparagraph (A), the Select Committee shall
be deemed to have rejected the pool for
purposes of such subparagraph.
SEC. 2453. CRITERIA FOR REDISTRICTING PLAN; PUBLIC NOTICE AND INPUT.
(a) Public Notice and Input.--
(1) Use of open and transparent process.--The
independent redistricting commission of a State under
this part shall hold each of its meetings in public,
shall solicit and take into consideration comments from
the public, including proposed maps, throughout the
process of developing the redistricting plan for the
State, and shall carry out its duties in an open and
transparent manner which provides for the widest public
dissemination reasonably possible of its proposed and
final redistricting plans.
(2) Public comment period.--The commission shall
solicit, accept, and consider comments from the public
with respect to its duties, activities, and procedures
at any time until 7 days before the date of the meeting
at which the commission shall vote on approving the
final redistricting plan for enactment into law under
subsection (c)(2).
(3) Meetings and hearings in various geographic
locations.--To the greatest extent practicable, the
commission shall hold its meetings and hearings in
various geographic regions and locations throughout the
State.
(4) Multiple language requirements for all
notices.--The commission shall make each notice
which is required to be published under this
section available in any language in which the
State (or any jurisdiction in the State) is
required to provide election materials under
section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
(b) Development and Publication of Preliminary
Redistricting Plan.--
(1) In general.--Prior to developing and publishing a
final redistricting plan under subsection (c), the
independent redistricting commission of a State under
this part shall develop and publish a preliminary
redistricting plan.
(2) Minimum public hearings and opportunity for
comment prior to development.--
(A) 2 hearings required.--Prior to developing
a preliminary redistricting plan under this
subsection, the commission shall hold not fewer
than 2 public hearings at which members of the
public may provide input and comments regarding
the potential contents of redistricting plans
for the State and the process by which the
commission will develop the preliminary plan
under this subsection.
(B) Notice prior to hearings.--The commission
shall provide for the publication of notices of
each hearing held under this paragraph,
including in newspapers of general circulation
throughout the State. Each such notice shall
specify the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
(C) Submission of plans and maps by members
of the public.--Any member of the public may
submit maps or portions of maps for
consideration by the commission.
(3) Publication of preliminary plan.--The commission
shall provide for the publication of the preliminary
redistricting plan developed under this subsection,
including in newspapers of general circulation
throughout the State, and shall make publicly available
a report that includes the commission's responses to
any public comments received under this subsection, .
(4) Public comment after publication.--The commission
shall accept and consider comments from the public with
respect to the preliminary redistricting plan published
under paragraph (3), including proposed revisions to
maps, until 14 days before the date of the meeting
under subsection (c)(2) at which the members of the
commission shall vote on approving the final
redistricting plan for enactment into law.
(5) Post-publication hearings.--
(A) 2 hearings required.--After publishing
the preliminary redistricting plan under
paragraph (3), and not later than 14 days
before the date of the meeting under subsection
(c)(2) at which the members of the commission
shall vote on approving the final redistricting
plan for enactment into law, the commission
shall hold not fewer than 2 public hearings in
different geographic areas of the State at
which members of the public may provide input
and comments regarding the preliminary plan.
(B) Notice prior to hearings.--The commission
shall provide for the publication of notices of
each hearing held under this paragraph,
including in newspapers of general circulation
throughout the State. Each such notice shall
specify the date, time, and location of the
hearing.
(6) Permitting multiple preliminary plans.--At the
option of the commission, after developing and
publishing the preliminary redistricting plan under
this subsection, the commission may develop and publish
subsequent preliminary redistricting plans, so long as
the process for the development and publication of each
such subsequent plan meets the requirements set forth
in this subsection for the development and publication
of the first preliminary redistricting plan.
(c) Process for enactment of final redistricting plan.--
(1) In general.--After taking into consideration
comments from the public on any preliminary
redistricting plan developed and published under
subsection (b), the independent redistricting
commission of a State under this part shall develop and
publish a final redistricting plan for the State.
(2) Meeting; final vote.--Not later than the deadline
specified in subsection (e), the commission shall hold
a public hearing at which the members of the commission
shall vote on approving the final plan for enactment
into law.
(3) Publication of plan and accompanying materials.--
Not fewer than 14 days before the date of the meeting
under paragraph (2), the commission shall make the
following information to the public, including through
newspapers of general circulation throughout the State:
(A) The final redistricting plan, including
all relevant maps.
(B) A report by the commission to accompany
the plan which provides the background for the
plan and the commission's reasons for selecting
the plan as the final redistricting plan,
including responses to the public comments
received on any preliminary redistricting plan
developed and published under subsection (b).
(C) Any dissenting or additional views with
respect to the plan of individual members of
the commission.
(4) Enactment.--The final redistricting plan
developed and published under this subsection
shall be deemed to be enacted into law upon the
expiration of the 45-day period which begins on
the date on which--
(A) such final plan is approved by a majority
of the whole membership of the commission; and
(B) at least one member of the commission
appointed from each of the categories of the
approved selection pool described in section
2452(b)(1) approves such final plan.
(d) Written Evaluation of Plan Against External Metrics.--
The independent redistricting commission of a State under this
part shall include with each redistricting plan developed and
published under this section a written evaluation that measures
each such plan against external metrics which cover the
criteria set forth section 2403(a), including the impact of the
plan on the ability of communities of color to elect candidates
of choice, measures of partisan fairness using multiple
accepted methodologies, and the degree to which the plan
preserves or divides communities of interest.
(e) Deadline.--The independent redistricting commission of
a State under this part shall approve a final redistricting
plan for the State not later than November 15, 2021.
SEC. 2454. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATED ENTITIES.
(a) Establishment or Designation of Nonpartisan Agency of
State Legislature.--
(1) In general.--Each State shall establish a
nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch of the
State government to appoint the members of the
independent redistricting commission for the State
under this part in accordance with section 2451.
(2) Nonpartisanship described.--For purposes of this
subsection, an agency shall be considered to be
nonpartisan if under law the agency--
(A) is required to provide services on a
nonpartisan basis;
(B) is required to maintain impartiality; and
(C) is prohibited from advocating for the
adoption or rejection of any legislative
proposal.
(3) Designation of existing agency.--At its option, a
State may designate an existing agency in the
legislative branch of its government to appoint the
members of the independent redistricting commission
plan for the State under this subtitle, so long as the
agency meets the requirements for nonpartisanship under
this subsection.
(4) Termination of agency specifically established
for redistricting.--If a State does not designate an
existing agency under paragraph (3) but instead
establishes a new agency to serve as the nonpartisan
agency under this section, the new agency shall
terminate upon the enactment into law of the
redistricting plan for the State.
(5) Preservation of records.--The State shall ensure
that the records of the nonpartisan agency are retained
in the appropriate State archive in such manner as may
be necessary to enable the State to respond to any
civil action brought with respect to congressional
redistricting in the State.
(6) Deadline.--The State shall meet the requirements
of this subsection not later than June 1, 2021.
(b) Establishment of Select Committee on Redistricting.--
(1) In general.--Each State shall appoint a Select
Committee on Redistricting to approve or disapprove a
selection pool developed by the independent
redistricting commission for the State under this part
under section 2452.
(2) Appointment.--The Select Committee on
Redistricting for a State under this subsection shall
consist of the following members:
(A) One member of the upper house of the
State legislature, who shall be appointed by
the leader of the party with the greatest
number of seats in the upper house.
(B) One member of the upper house of the
State legislature, who shall be appointed by
the leader of the party with the second
greatest number of seats in the upper house.
(C) One member of the lower house of the
State legislature, who shall be appointed by
the leader of the party with the greatest
number of seats in the lower house.
(D) One member of the lower house of the
State legislature, who shall be appointed by
the leader of the party with the second
greatest number of seats in the lower house.
(3) Special rule for states with unicameral
legislature.--In the case of a State with a unicameral
legislature, the Select Committee on Redistricting for
the State under this subsection shall consist of the
following members:
(A) Two members of the State legislature
appointed by the chair of the political party
of the State whose candidate received the
highest percentage of votes in the most recent
Statewide election for Federal office held in
the State.
(B) Two members of the State legislature
appointed by the chair of the political party
whose candidate received the second highest
percentage of votes in the most recent
Statewide election for Federal office held in
the State.
(4) Deadline.--The State shall meet the requirements
of this subsection not later than June 15, 2021.
(5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
may be construed to prohibit the leader of any
political party in a legislature from appointment to
the Select Committee on Redistricting.
SEC. 2455. REPORT ON DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIPS OF INDEPENDENT
REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS.
Not later than November 15, 2021, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the
extent to which the memberships of independent redistricting
commissions for States established under this part with respect
to the immediately preceding year ending in the numeral zero
meet the diversity requirements as provided for in sections
2451(a)(2)(B) and 2452(b)(2).
Page 345, insert after line 17 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provision accordingly):
Subtitle I--Findings Relating to Youth Voting
SEC. 2801. FINDINGS RELATING TO YOUTH VOTING.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The right to vote is a fundamental right of
citizens of the United States.
(2) The twenty-sixth amendment of the United States
Constitution guarantees that ``The right of citizens of
the United States, who are eighteen years of age or
older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on account of age.''.
(3) The twenty-sixth amendment of the United States
Constitution grants Congress the power to enforce the
amendment by appropriate legislation.
(4) The language of the twenty-sixth amendment
closely mirrors that of the fifteenth amendment and the
nineteenth amendment. Like those amendments, the
twenty-sixth amendment not only prohibits denial of the
right to vote but also prohibits any actions that
abridge the right to vote.
(5) Youth voter suppression undercuts participation
in our democracy by introducing arduous obstacles to
new voters and discouraging a culture of democratic
engagement.
(6) Voting is habit forming, and allowing youth
voters unobstructed access to voting ensures that more
Americans will start a life-long habit of voting as
soon as possible.
(7) Youth voter suppression is a clear, persistent,
and growing problem. The actions of States and
political subdivisions resulting in at least four
findings of twenty-sixth amendment violations as well
as pending litigation demonstrate the need for Congress
to take action to enforce the twenty-sixth amendment.
(8) In League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc. v.
Detzner (2018), the United States District Court in the
Northern District of Florida found that the Secretary
of State's actions that prevented in-person early
voting sites from being located on university property
revealed a stark pattern of discrimination that was
unexplainable on grounds other than age and thus
violated university students' twenty-sixth Amendment
rights.
(9) In 2019, Michigan agreed to a settlement to
enhance college-age voters' access after a twenty-sixth
amendment challenge was filed in federal court. The
challenge prompted the removal of a Michigan voting law
which required first time voters who registered by mail
or through a third-party voter registration drive to
vote in person for the first time, as well as the
removal of another law which required the address
listed on a voter's driver license to match the address
listed on their voter registration card.
(10) Youth voter suppression tactics are often linked
to other tactics aimed at minority voters. For example,
students at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a
historically black university in Texas, have been the
targets of voter suppression tactics for decades.
Before the 2018 election, PVAMU students sued Waller
County on the basis of both racial and age
discrimination over the County's failure to ensure
equal early voting opportunities for students, spurring
the County to reverse course and expand early voting
access for students.
(11) The more than 25 million United States citizens
ages 18-24 deserve equal opportunity to participate in
the electoral process as guaranteed by the twenty-sixth
amendment.
Page 447, line 9, strike ``paid''.
Page 447, strike lines 19 through 23 and insert the
following:
``(ii) which promotes, supports,
attacks, or opposes the nomination or
Senate confirmation of an individual as
a Federal judge or justice.''.
Page 448, insert after line 6 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provision accordingly):
``(3) Exception.--The term `campaign-related
disbursement' does not include any news story,
commentary, or editorial distributed through the
facilities of any broadcasting station or any print,
online, or digital newspaper, magazine, publication, or
periodical, unless such facilities are owned or
controlled by any political party, political committee,
or candidate.''.
Page 457, line 11, insert ``or lawfulness'' after
``constitutionality''.
Page 458, line 2, strike ``the District of Columbia, the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the
Supreme Court of the United States'' and insert ``the District
of Columbia and the Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit''.
Page 458, insert after line 7 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provisions accordingly):
``(b) Clarifying Scope of Jurisdiction.--If an action at
the time of its commencement is not subject to subsection (a),
but an amendment, counterclaim, cross-claim, affirmative
defense, or any other pleading or motion is filed challenging,
whether facially or as-applied, the constitutionality or
lawfulness of this Act or of chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, or is brought to with respect to any
action of the Commission under chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, the district court shall transfer the
action to the District Court for the District of Columbia, and
the action shall thereafter be conducted pursuant to subsection
(a).''.
Page 459, insert after line 16 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provision accordingly:
(3) Section 310 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30110) is repealed.
Page 484, insert after line 16 the following:
SEC. 4211. REQUIRING ONLINE PLATFORMS TO DISPLAY NOTICES IDENTIFYING
SPONSORS OF POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND TO ENSURE
NOTICES CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT WHEN ADVERTISEMENTS
ARE SHARED.
(a) Requirement.--Section 304 of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104), as amended by section
4002 and section 4208(a), is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(l) Ensuring Display and Sharing of Sponsor
Identification in Online Political Advertisements.--
``(1) Requirement.-- An online platform displaying a
qualified political advertisement shall--
``(A) display with the advertisement a
visible notice identifying the sponsor of the
advertisement (or, if it is not practical for
the platform to display such a notice, a notice
that the advertisement is sponsored by a person
other than the platform); and
``(B) ensure that the notice will continue to
be displayed if a viewer of the advertisement
shares the advertisement with others on that
platform.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection,--
``(A) the term `online platform' has the
meaning given such term in subsection (k)(3);
and
``(B) the term `qualified political
advertisement' has the meaning given such term
in subsection (k)(4).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to advertisements displayed on or
after the 120-day period which begins on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Page 505, insert after line 15 the following:
SEC. 4404. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN MONEY BAN.
(a) Clarification of Treatment of Provision of Certain
Information as Contribution or Donation of a Thing of Value.--
Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52
U.S.C. 30121), as amended by section 4101(a), section 4101(b),
section 4209, section 4401, and section 4403, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Clarification of Treatment of Provision of Certain
Information as Contribution or Donation of a Thing of Value.--
For purposes of this section, a `contribution or donation of
money or other thing of value' includes the provision of
opposition research, polling, or other non-public information
relating to a candidate for election for a Federal, State, or
local office for the purpose of influencing the election,
regardless of whether such research, polling, or information
has monetary value, except that nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to treat the mere provision of an opinion
about a candidate as a thing of value for purposes of this
section.''.
(b) Clarification of Application of Foreign Money Ban to
All Contributions and Donations of Things of Value and to All
Solicitations of Contributions and Donations of Things of
Value.--Section 319(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``promise to
make a contribution or donation'' and inserting
``promise to make such a contribution or donation'';
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``donation'' and
inserting ``donation of money or other thing of value,
or to make an express or implied promise to make such a
contribution or donation,''; and
(3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive (directly or
indirectly) a contribution, donation, or disbursement described
in paragraph (1), or to solicit, accept, or receive (directly
or indirectly) an express or implied promise to make such a
contribution or donation, from a foreign national.''.
Strike part 2 of subtitle E of title IV (and redesignate
the succeeding provisions accordingly).
Page 515, line 9, strike ``116-__'' and insert ``116-260''.
Amend section 4502 to read as follows:
SEC. 4502. REPEAL OF REGULATIONS.
The final regulations of the Department of the Treasury
relating to guidance under section 6033 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 regarding the reporting requirements of exempt
organizations (published at 85 Fed. Reg. 31959 (May 28, 2020))
shall have no force and effect.
Page 515, line 25, strike ``116-__'' and insert ``116-
260''.
Page 517, line 3, strike ``shall not be considered to
meet'' and insert ``shall not be subject to''.
Page 521, insert after line 21 the following:
SEC. 4603. GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS OF CORPORATE PACS.
(a) Assessment of Governance.--Section 316 of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Assessment of Governance.--The Commission shall, on
an ongoing basis, collect information on the governance of the
separate segregated funds of corporations under this section,
using the most recent statements of organization provided by
such funds under section 303(a), including information on the
following:
``(1) The extent to which such funds have by-laws
which govern their operations.
``(2) The extent to which those funds which have by-
laws which govern their operations use a board of
directors to oversee the operation of the fund.
``(3) The characteristics of those individuals who
serve on boards of directors which oversee the
operations of such funds, including the relation of
such individuals to the corporation.''.
(b) Analysis of Donors.--
(1) Analysis.--The Federal Election Commission shall
conduct an analysis of the composition of the base of
donors to separate segregated funds of corporations
under section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118).
(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall
submit to Congress a report on the analysis conducted
under paragraph (1), and shall initiate the
promulgation of a regulation to establish a new
designation and classification of such separate
segregated funds.
Page 522, line 9, strike ``116-__'' and insert ``116-260''.
Page 573, line 16, strike ``shall elect, in accordance with
section 304(b)(3)(A), to include'' and insert ``shall, in
accordance with section 304(b)(3)(A), include''.
Page 640, line 22, strike ``subparagraph (E)'' and insert
``subparagraph (D)''.
Page 646, line 25, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2022''.
Page 651, line 12, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2022''.
Page 651, line 19, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2022''.
Page 660, line 5, strike ``and''.
Page 661, line 12, strike lines 12 and 13.
Page 664, line 11, strike ``2020'' and insert ``2021''.
Page 666, line 6, strike ``2024'' and insert ``2022''.
Page 666, line 12, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2021''.
Page 666, line 18, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2021''.
Page 667, line 25, strike ``section 4431'' and insert
``section 4421''.
PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scanlon of Pennsylvania
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 169, insert after line 14 the following:
``(3) College campuses.--The State shall ensure that
polling places which allow voting during an early
voting period under subsection (a) will be located on
campuses of institutions of higher education in the
State.''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Adams of North Carolina
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 222, line 22, insert ``, including initiatives to
facilitate the enfranchisement of groups of individuals that
have historically faced barriers to voting'' before the period.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Adams of North Carolina
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 94, after line 21, insert the following:
(2) a description of how the agency will prioritize
access to such initiatives for schools that serve--
(A) the highest numbers or percentages of
students counted under section 1124(c) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); and
(B) the highest percentages of students who
are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch
under the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) (which, in
the case of a high school, may be calculated
using comparable data from the schools that
feed into the high school), as compared to
other public schools in the jurisdiction of the
agency;
Page 94, line 22, strike ``(2)'' and insert ``(3)''.
Page 94, line 24, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Adams of North Carolina
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 223, line 10, insert ``Of the funds appropriated, the
Secretary shall ensure that 25 percent is reserved for Minority
Institutions described in section 371(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).'' after the period.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Adams of North Carolina
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 181, after line 8, insert the following:
(3) Same-day processing.--The United States Postal
Service shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that ballots are processed and cleared
from any postal facility or post office on the same day
the ballots are received at such a facility or post
office.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Armstrong of North
Dakota or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 266, insert after line 5 the following:
SEC. 1934. CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FOR STATES WITHOUT VOTER
REGISTRATION.
To the extent that any provision of this title or any
amendment made by this title imposes a requirement on a State
relating to registering individuals to vote in elections for
Federal office, such provision shall not apply in the case of
any State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on
and after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is no
voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with
respect to an election for Federal office.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Auchincloss of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 210, line 18, strike ``and''.
Page 210, after line 18, insert the following new
subparagraph (and redesignate the succeeding subparagraph
accordingly):
(D) provide assurances that the State will
dedicate poll worker recruitment efforts with
respect to youth and minors, including by
recruiting at institutions of higher education
and secondary education; and
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Auchincloss of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 119, beginning line 15, strike ``based on the race'' and
insert ``based on the age, race''.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bourdeaux of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 184, insert after line 6 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provisions accordingly):
``(h) Prohibiting Certain Restrictions on Access to Voting
Materials.--
``(1) Distribution of absentee ballot applications by
third parties.--A State may not prohibit any person
from providing an application for an absentee ballot in
the election to any individual who is eligible to vote
in the election.
``(2) Unsolicited provision of voter registration
applications by election officials.--A State may not
prohibit an election official from providing an
unsolicited application to register to vote in an
election for Federal office to any individual who is
eligible to register to vote in the election.''.
Page 251, insert after line 18 the following:
``(C) The State shall ensure that the number
of drop boxes provided is sufficient to provide
a reasonable opportunity for voters to submit
their voted ballots in a timely manner.''.
Page 252, line 9, strike ``and''.
Page 252, line 13, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 252, insert after line 13 the following:
``(6) geographically distributed to provide a
reasonable opportunity for voters to submit their voted
ballot in a timely manner''.
Page 253, insert after line 13 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provision accordingly):
``(i) Remote Surveillance Permitted.--The State may provide
for the security of drop boxes through remote or electronic
surveillance.''.''.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boyle of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 88, after line 8, insert the following:
SEC. 1055. PERMISSION TO PLACE EXHIBITS.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement procedures
to allow the chief election officer of a State to provide
information about voter registration, including through a
display or exhibit, after the conclusion of an administrative
naturalization ceremony in that State.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brown of Maryland or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 45, insert after line 13 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provision accordingly):
SEC. 1006. PERMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM TO SERVE AS
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Section 5(c)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
(D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(E) and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(F) at the option of the applicant, shall serve as
an application to vote by absentee ballot in the next
election for Federal office held in the State and in
each subsequent election for Federal office held in the
State.''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burgess of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 208, after line 7, insert the following (and redesignate
subsequent sections appropriately):
SEC. 1707. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT ON VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT.
Not later than 1 year of enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General shall submit to Congress a report on the impact of
wide-spread mail-in voting on the ability of active duty
military servicemembers to vote, how quickly their votes are
counted, and whether higher volumes of mail-in votes makes it
harder for such individuals to vote in federal elections.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burgess of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 45, after line 13, insert the following (and redesignate
subsequent sections accordingly):
SEC. 1006. REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on
local, State, and Federal personally identifiable information
data collections efforts, the cyber security resources
necessary to defend such efforts from online attacks, and the
impact of a potential data breach of local, State, or Federal
online voter registration systems.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bush of Missouri or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 141, line 19, strike ``unless such individual is serving
a felony sentence in a correctional institution or facility at
the time of the election''.
Page 143, strike line 9 and all that follows through page
144, line 2 and insert the following:
(2) Date of notification.--The notification required
under paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on which
the individual is sentenced for the offense involved.
Page 145, strike lines 1 through 8 and insert the following:
(ii) in the case of any individual
committed to the custody of the Bureau
of Prisons, by the Director of the
Bureau of Prisons, on the date in which
the individual is sentenced.
Page 145, strike lines 17 through 24 (and redesignate the
succeeding provisions accordingly).
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bush of Missouri or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 250, line 9, strike ``and''.
Page 250, line 11, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 250, insert after line 11 the following:
``(C) by homeless individuals (as defined in
section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11302)) of
the State.''.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title I, insert the following
(and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 1624. STUDY AND REPORT ON VOTE-BY-MAIL PROCEDURES.
(a) Study.--The Election Assistance Commission shall conduct
a study on the 2020 elections and compile a list of
recommendations to--
(1) help States transitioning to vote-by-mail
procedures; and
(2) improve their current vote-by-mail systems.
(b) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2022, the Election
Assistance Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the
study conducted under subsection (a).
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Castor of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 681, line 2, strike ``or''.
Page 681, line 7, strike the period and insert ``; or''.
Page 681, insert after line 7 the following:
``(C) in the case of an individual who
becomes an agent of a foreign principal that
would require registration under section 2 of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 612), before the date on
which such individual becomes such an agent of
a foreign principal.''.
Page 681, line 14, strike ``1995)'' and insert the following:
``1995, or, in the case of an individual described in
subparagraph (C) of such paragraph, the date on which the
individual becomes a registered agent of a foreign principal
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended)''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Comer of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 8022 and insert the following:
SEC. 8022. PROCEDURE FOR WAIVERS AND AUTHORIZATIONS RELATING TO ETHICS
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
not later than 30 days after an officer or employee issues or
approves a waiver or authorization pursuant to section 3 of
Executive Order No. 13770 (82 6 Fed. Reg. 9333), or any
subsequent similar order, such officer or employee shall--
(1) transmit a written copy of such waiver or
authorization to the Director of the Office of
Government Ethics; and
(2) make a written copy of such waiver or
authorization available to the public on the website of
the employing agency of the covered employee.
(b) Retroactive Application.--In the case of a waiver or
authorization described in subsection (a) issued during the
period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date of
enactment of this Act, the issuing officer or employee of such
waiver or authorization shall comply with the requirements of
paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Office of Government Ethics Public Availability.--Not
later than 30 days after receiving a written copy of a waiver
or authorization under subsection (a)(1), the Director of the
Office of Government Ethics shall make such waiver or
authorization available to the public on the website of the
Office of Government Ethics.
(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 45 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Government Ethics shall submit a report to Congress on the
impact of the application of subsection (b), including the name
of any individual who received a waiver or authorization
described in subsection (a) and who, by operation of subsection
(b), submitted the information required by such subsection.
(e) Definition of Covered Employee.--In this section, the
term ``covered employee''--
(1) means a non-career Presidential or Vice
Presidential appointee, non-career appointee in the
Senior Executive Service (or other SES-type system), or
an appointee to a position that has been excepted from
the competitive service by reason of being of a
confidential or policymaking character (Schedule C and
other positions excepted under comparable criteria) in
an executive agency; and
(2) does not include any individual appointed as a
member of the Senior Foreign Service or solely as a
uniformed service commissioned officer.
Strike section 8052 and insert the following:
SEC. 8052. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ETHICS PROGRAMS.
The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note)
is amended--
(1) in section 3(f), by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Not later than 10 days after submitting an application
for a security clearance for any individual, and not later than
10 days after any such individual is granted a security
clearance (including an interim clearance), each eligible
candidate (as that term is described in subsection (h)(4)(A))
or the President-elect (as the case may be) shall submit a
report containing the name of such individual to the Committee
on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate.''; and
(2) in section 6(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon; and
(iii) by adding at the end the
following:
``(C) a list of all positions each transition team
member has held outside the Federal Government for the
previous 12-month period, including paid and unpaid
positions;
``(D) sources of compensation for each transition
team member exceeding $5,000 a year for the previous
12-month period;
``(E) a description of the role of each transition
team member, including a list of any policy issues that
the member expects to work on, and a list of agencies
the member expects to interact with, while serving on
the transition team;
``(F) a list of any issues from which each transition
team member will be recused while serving as a member
of the transition team pursuant to the transition team
ethics plan outlined in section 4(g)(3); and
``(G) an affirmation that no transition team member
has a financial conflict of interest that precludes the
member from working on the matters described in
subparagraph (E).'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``not
later than 2 business days'' after ``public'';
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) The head of a Federal department or agency, or their
designee, shall not permit access to the Federal department or
agency, or employees of such department or agency, that would
not be provided to a member of the public for any transition
team member who does not make the disclosures listed under
paragraph (1).''.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike subtitle C of title III.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Desaulnier of
California or his Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
After subtitle H of title III, insert the following (and
redesignate the succeeding subtitle accordingly):
Subtitle I--Study And Report on Bots
SEC. 3801. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Bots Research Act''.
SEC. 3802. TASK FORCE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission, in
consultation with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency, shall establish a task force to carry out the study and
report required under section 3803.
(b) Number and Appointment.--The task force shall be
comprised of the following:
(1) At least 1 expert representing the Government.
(2) At least 1 expert representing academia.
(3) At least 1 expert representing non-profit
organizations.
(4) At least 1 expert representing the social media
industry.
(5) At least 1 election official.
(6) Any other expert that the Commission determines
appropriate.
(c) Qualifications.--The Commission shall select task force
members to serve by virtue of their expertise in automation
technology.
(d) Deadline for Appointment.--Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall appoint
the members of the task force.
(e) Compensation.--Members of the task force shall serve
without pay and shall not receive travel expenses.
(f) Task Force Support.--The Commission shall ensure
appropriate staff and officials of the Commission are available
to support any task force-related work.
SEC. 3803. STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) Study.--The task force established in this subtitle shall
conduct a study of the impact of automated accounts on social
media, public discourse, and elections. Such study shall
include an assessment of--
(1) what qualifies as a bot or automated account;
(2) the extent to which automated accounts are used;
(3) how the automated accounts are used; and
(4) how to most effectively combat any use of
automated accounts that negatively effects social
media, public discourse, and elections while continuing
to promote the protection of the First Amendment on the
internet.
(b) Task Force Considerations.--In carrying out the
requirements of this section, the task force shall consider, at
a minimum--
(1) the promotion of technological innovation;
(2) the protection of First Amendment and other
constitutional rights of social media users;
(3) the need to improve cybersecurity to ensure the
integrity of elections; and
(4) the importance of continuously reviewing relevant
regulations to ensure that such regulations respond
effectively to changes in technology.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the establishment of
the task force, the task force shall develop and submit to
Congress and relevant Federal agencies the results and
conclusions of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Escobar of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 397, insert after line 7 the following:
SEC. 3305. EXEMPTION OF CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FROM LIMITATIONS ON
AMOUNT OF COORDINATED POLITICAL PARTY EXPENDITURES.
(a) Exemption.--Section 315(d)(5) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(d)(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(5)'' and inserting ``(5)(A)'';
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting
``, or to expenditures (whether provided as funds or
provided as in-kind services) for secure information
communications technology or for a cybersecurity
product or service or for any other product or service
which assists in responding to threats or harassment
online.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(B) In subparagraph (A)--
``(i) the term `secure information communications
technology' means a commercial-off-the-shelf computing
device which has been configured to restrict
unauthorized access and uses publicly-available
baseline configurations; and
``(ii) the term `cybersecurity product or service'
means a product or service which helps an organization
to achieve the set of standards, guidelines, best
practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes to
cost-effectively identify, detect, protect, respond to,
and recover from cyber risks as developed by the
National Institute of Standards and Technology pursuant
to subsections (c)(15) and (e) of section 2 of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15
U.S.C. 272).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to expenditures made on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallego of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 264, after line 20, insert the following new section
(and redesignate the succeeding section accordingly):
SEC. 1933. AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS TO VOTING ACCESSIBILITY PROTECTION AND
ADVOCACY SYSTEMS SERVING THE AMERICAN INDIAN
CONSORTIUM.
(a) Recipients Defined.--Section 291 of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21061) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
``(c) American Indian Consortium Eligibility.--A system
serving the American Indian Consortium for which funds have
been reserved under section 509(c)(1)(B) of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794e(c)(1)(B)) shall be eligible for
payments under subsection (a) in the same manner as a
protection and advocacy system of a State.''.
(b) Grant Minimums for American Indian Consortium.--Section
291(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21061(b)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(c)(1)(B),'' after ``as set forth
in subsections''; and
(2) by striking ``subsections (c)(3)(B) and (c)(4)(B)
of that section shall be not less than $70,000 and
$35,000, respectively'' and inserting ``subsection
(c)(3)(B) shall not be less than $70,000, and the
amount of the grants to systems referred to in
subsections (c)(1)(B) and (c)(4)(B) shall not be less
than $35,000''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect at the start of the first fiscal year
following the date of enactment of this Act.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grijalva of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 84, after line 10, insert the following:
(7) The number of individuals who were purged from
the official voter registration list or moved to
inactive status, broken down by the reason for those
actions, including the method used for identifying
those voters.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grijalva of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 164, line 14, after the period insert the following:
``The notice shall take into consideration factors including
the linguistic preferences of voters in the jurisdiction.''.
Page 225, line 4, insert before the period the following: ``,
taking into consideration factors which include the linguistic
preferences of voters in the jurisdiction.''.
Page 225, line 13, insert before the colon the following: ``,
taking into consideration factors which include the linguistic
preferences of voters in the jurisdiction.''.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 361, strike lines 6 through 10 and insert the following:
(a) Duties of Election Assistance Commission.--Section 202 of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20922) is
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``by'' and inserting ``and the security of
election infrastructure by''; and
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph
(1) and inserting the following: ``, and the
development, maintenance and dissemination of
cybersecurity guidelines to identify vulnerabilities
that could lead to, protect against, detect, respond to
and recover from cybersecurity incidents;''.
Page 364, insert after line 24 the following:
(g) Senior Cyber Policy Advisor.--Section 204(a) of such Act
(52 U.S.C. 20924(a)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (6) and (7); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:
``(5) Senior cyber policy advisor.--The Commission
shall have a Senior Cyber Policy Advisor, who shall be
appointed by the Commission and who shall serve under
the Executive Director, and who shall be the primary
policy advisor to the Commission on matters of
cybersecurity for Federal elections.''.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawrence of Michigan
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 192, line 10, strike ``materials'' and insert
``materials; restrictions on operational changes prior to
elections''.
Page 192, insert after line 15 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provisions accordingly):
``(b) During the 120-day period which ends on the date of an
election for Federal office, the Postal Service may not carry
out any new operational change that would restrict the prompt
and reliable delivery of voting materials with respect to the
election, including voter registration applications, absentee
ballot applications, and absentee ballots. This paragraph
applies to operational changes which include removing or
eliminating any mail collection box without immediately
replacing it, and removing, decommissioning, or any other form
of stopping the operation of mail sorting machines, other than
for routine maintenance.''.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawrence of Michigan
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 192, after line 15, insert the following (and
redesignate subsection (b) as subsection (c)):
``(b) The Postal Service shall appoint an Election Mail
Coordinator in every Postal Area and District to facilitate
relevant information sharing with State, territorial, local,
and tribal election officials in regards to the mailing of
voter registration applications, absentee ballot applications,
and absentee ballots.''.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lesko of Arizona or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 4208.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 745, on line 9 strike ``and'', and after line 15, insert
the following new clause:
``(v) a chief of mission (as defined
in section 102(a)(3) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980); and''.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luria of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 583, insert after line 14 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provision accordingly):
``(e) No Taxpayer Funds Permitted.--No taxpayer funds may be
deposited into the Fund.''.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Manning of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 248, insert after line 15 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provision accordingly):
(b) Study of Methods To Enforce Fair and Equitable Waiting
Times.--
(1) Study.--The Election Assistance Commission and
the Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a joint study of the effectiveness of various
methods of enforcing the requirements of section 310(a)
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by
subsection (a), including methods of best allocating
resources to jurisdictions which have had the most
difficulty in providing a fair and equitable waiting
time at polling places to all voters, and to
communities of color in particular.
(2) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance
Commission and the Comptroller General of the United
States shall publish and submit to Congress a report on
the study conducted under paragraph (1).
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Phillips of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 266, insert after line 5 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provision accordingly):
PART 5--VOTER NOTICE
SEC. 1941. SHORT TITLE.
This part may be cited as the ``Voter Notification of Timely
Information about Changes in Elections Act'' or the ``Voter
Notice Act''.
SEC. 1942. PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS IN EVENT OF CHANGES IN ELECTIONS
IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES.
(a) Requirement for Election Officials to Conduct
Campaigns.--Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(52 U.S.C. 21082), as amended by section 1601(a) and section
1901(a), is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection
(h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following
new subsection:
``(g) Public Education Campaigns in Event of Changes in
Elections in Response to Emergencies.--
``(1) Requirement.--If the administration of an
election for Federal office, including the methods of
voting or registering to vote in the election, is
changed in response to an emergency affecting public
health and safety, the appropriate State or local
election official shall conduct a public education
campaign through at least one direct mailing to each
individual who is registered to vote in the election,
and through additional direct mailings, newspaper
advertisements, broadcasting (including through
television, radio, satellite, and the Internet), and
social media, to notify individuals who are eligible to
vote or to register to vote in the election of the
changes.
``(2) Frequency and methods of providing
information.--The election official shall carry out the
public education campaign under this subsection at such
frequency, and using such methods, as will have the
greatest likelihood of providing timely knowledge of
the change in the administration of the election to
those individuals who will be most adversely affected
by the change.
``(3) Language accessibility.--In the case of a State
or political subdivision that is a covered State or
political subdivision under section 203 of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503), the appropriate
election official shall ensure that the information
disseminated under a public education campaign
conducted under this subsection is provided in the
language of the applicable minority group as well as in
the English language, as required by section 203 of
such Act.
``(4) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply
with respect to the regularly scheduled general
election for Federal office held in November 2020 and
each succeeding election for Federal office.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Effective Date.--Section
302(h) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21082(h)), as redesignated by
subsection (a) and as amended by section 1601(b) and section
1901(b), is amended by striking ``and (f)(4)'' and inserting
``(f)(4), and (g)(4)''.
SEC. 1943. REQUIREMENTS FOR WEBSITES OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.
(a) Requirements.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), as amended
by section 1031(a), section 1101(a), section 1611(a), section
1621(a), section 1622(a), section 1623(a), section 1906(a),
section 1907(a), and 1908(a), is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 313 and 314 as sections
314 and 315; and
(2) by inserting after section 312 the following new
section:
``SEC. 313. REQUIREMENTS FOR WEBSITES OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.
``(a) Accessibility.--Each State and local election official
shall ensure that the official public website of the official
is fully accessible for individuals with disabilities,
including the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that
provides the same opportunity for access and participation as
the website provides for other individuals.
``(b) Continuing Operation in Case of Emergencies.--
``(1) Establishment of best practices.--
``(A) In general.--The Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology
shall establish and regularly update best
practices for ensuring the continuing operation
of the official public websites of State and
local election officials during emergencies
affecting public health and safety.
``(B) Deadline.--The Director shall first
establish the best practices required under
this paragraph as soon as practicable after the
date of the enactment of this section, but in
no case later than August 15, 2021.
``(2) Requiring websites to meet best practices.--
Each State and local election official shall ensure
that the official public website of the official is in
compliance with the best practices established by the
Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology under paragraph (2).
``(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect
to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
held in November 2020 and each succeeding election for Federal
office.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Adoption of Voluntary
Guidance by Election Assistance Commission.--Section 321(b) of
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21101(b)), as redesignated and amended by
section 1101(b) and section 1611(b), is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(5) and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) in the case of the recommendations with respect
to section 304, as soon as practicable after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph, but in no case
later than August 15, 2021.''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act,
as amended by section 1031(c), section 1101(d), section
1611(c), section 1621(c), section 1622(c), section 1623(a),
section 1906(b), section 1907(b), and section 1908(b), is
amended--
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections
313 and 314 as relating to sections 314 and 315; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section
312 the following new item:
``SEC. 313. REQUIREMENTS FOR WEBSITES OF ELECTION OFFICIALS.''.
SEC. 1944. PAYMENTS BY ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION TO STATES FOR
COSTS OF COMPLIANCE.
(b) Availability of Payments.--Title IX of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 907. PAYMENTS FOR COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
``(a) Payments.--
``(1) Availability and use of payments.--The
Commission shall make a payment to each eligible State
to cover the costs the State incurs or expects to incur
in meeting the requirements of section 302(g) (relating
to public education campaigns in event of changes in
elections in response to emergencies) and section 313
(relating to requirements for the websites of election
officials).
``(2) Schedule of payments.--As soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this section, and
not less frequently than once each calendar year
thereafter, the Commission shall make payments under
this section.
``(3) Administration of payments.--The chief State
election official of the State shall receive the
payment made to a State under this section, and may use
the payment for the purposes set forth in this section
without intervening action by the legislature of the
State.
``(b) Amount of Payment.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of a payment made to an
eligible State for a year under this section shall be
determined by the Commission on the basis of the
information provided by the State in its application
under subsection (c).
``(2) Continuing availability of funds after
appropriation.--A payment made to an eligible State
under this section shall be available without fiscal
year limitation.
``(c) Requirements for Eligibility.--
``(1) Application.--Each State that desires to
receive a payment under this section for a fiscal year
shall submit an application for the payment to the
Commission at such time and in such manner and
containing such information as the Commission shall
require.
``(2) Contents of application.--Each application
submitted under paragraph (1) shall--
``(A) describe the activities for which
assistance under this section is sought; and
``(B) provide an estimate of the costs the
State has incurred or expects to incur in
carrying out the provisions described in
subsection (a), together with such additional
information and certifications as the
Commission determines to be essential to ensure
compliance with the requirements of this
section.
``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated for payments under this section such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2022 through
2025.
``(e) Reports.--
``(1) Reports by recipients.--Not later than the 6
months after the end of each fiscal year for which an
eligible State received a payment under this section,
the State shall submit a report to the Commission on
the activities conducted with the funds provided during
the year.
``(2) Reports by commission to committees.--With
respect to each fiscal year for which the Commission
makes payments under this section, the Commission shall
submit a report on the activities carried out under
this part to the Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate.''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title IX
the following:
``SEC. 907. PAYMENTS FOR COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION''.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Plaskett of Virgin
Islands or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 262, line 20, strike ``laws to commonwealth of northern
mariana islands'' and insert ``federal election administration
laws to territories of the united states''.
Page 263, line 1, strike ``and'' and insert the following:
``the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the
United States Virgin Islands, and''.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Plaskett of Virgin
Islands or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 264, insert before line 21 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provision accordingly):
SEC. 1933. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL VOTER PROTECTION LAWS TO TERRITORIES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Intimidation of Voters.--Section 594 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``Delegate from the
District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner,'' and inserting
``or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress''.
(b) Interference by Government Employees.--Section 595 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Delegate
from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner,'' and
inserting ``or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress''.
(c) Voting by Noncitizens.--Section 611(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``Delegate from the
District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner,'' and inserting
``or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress''.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Plaskett of Virgin
Islands or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 264, insert before line 21 the following (and
redesignate the succeeding provision accordingly):
SEC. 1933. PLACEMENT OF STATUES OF CITIZENS OF TERRITORIES OF THE
UNITED STATES IN STATUARY HALL.
(a) In General.--Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ``For purposes of this section, the
term `State' includes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and the United States Virgin Islands, and the term `citizen'
includes a national of the United States, as defined in section
101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(22)).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Procedures for
Replacement of Statues.--Section 311 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 2132) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) For purposes of this section, the term `State' includes
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States
Virgin Islands.''.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Plaskett of Virgin
Islands or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 77, line 18, strike ``States and the District of
Columbia'' and insert ``States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands''.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pressley of
Massachusetts or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 88, after line 8, insert the following:
SEC. 1055. LOWERING MANDATORY MINIMUM VOTING AGE IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
(a) Lowering Voting Age to 16 Years of Age.--A State may not
refuse to permit an individual to register to vote or vote in
an election for Federal office held in the State on the grounds
of the individual's age if the individual will be at least 16
years of age on the date of the election.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect
to elections held in 2022 or any succeeding year.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 459, insert after line 22 the following:
PART 4--DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL COMMITTEES IMMEDIATELY
PRIOR TO ELECTION
SEC. 4131. DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL COMMITTEES
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ELECTION.
(a) Disclosure.--Section 304(a)(6) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)(6)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as
subparagraphs (E) and (F); and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following
new subparagraph:
``(D)(i) A political committee, including a super PAC, shall
notify the Commission of any contribution or donation of more
than $5,000 received by the committee during the period
beginning on the 20th day before any election in connection
with which the committee makes a contribution or expenditure
and ending 48 hours before such an election.
``(ii) The committee shall make the notification under clause
(i) not later than 48 hours after the receipt of the
contribution or donation involved, and shall include the name
of the committee, the name of the person making the
contribution or donation, and the date and amount of the
contribution or donation.
``(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, a pledge, promise,
understanding, or agreement to make a contribution or
expenditure with respect to an election shall be treated as the
making of a contribution or expenditure with respect to the
election.
``(iv) This subparagraph does not apply to an authorized
committee of a candidate or any committee of a political party.
``(v) In this subparagraph, the term `super PAC' means a
political committee which accepts donations or contributions
that do not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and
reporting requirements of this Act, and includes an account of
such a committee which is established for the purpose of
accepting such donations or contributions.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to elections occurring during 2022 or
any succeeding year.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schweikert of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 394, after line 4, insert the following new subsection:
(c) Blockchain Technology Study and Report.--
(1) In general.--The Election Assistance Commission
shall conduct a study with respect to the use of
blockchain technology to enhance voter security in an
election for Federal office.
(2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to
Congress a report on the study conducted under
paragraph (1).
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spanberger of Virginia
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title VII the following:
SEC. 7105. DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIALS POSTED ON ONLINE
PLATFORMS BY AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS ON BEHALF
OF CLIENTS.
(a) Method and Form of Disclaimer; Preservation of
Disclaimers by Certain Social Media Platforms.--
(1) Requirements described.--Section 4(b) of the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22
U.S.C. 614(b)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``(b) It shall be unlawful''
and inserting ``(b)(1) It shall be unlawful'';
and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) In the case of informational materials for or in the
interests of a foreign principal which are transmitted or
caused to be transmitted by an agent of a foreign principal by
posting on an online platform, the agent shall ensure that the
conspicuous statement required to be placed in such materials
under this subsection is placed directly with the material
posted on the platform and is not accessible only through a
hyperlink or other reference to another source.
``(3) If the Attorney General determines that the application
of paragraph (2) to materials posted on an online platform is
not feasible because the length of the conspicuous statement
required to be placed in materials under this subsection makes
the inclusion of the entire statement incompatible with the
posting of the materials on that platform, an agent may meet
the requirements of paragraph (2) by ensuring that an
abbreviated version of the statement, stating that the
materials are distributed by a foreign agent on behalf of a
clearly identified foreign principal, is placed directly with
the material posted on the platform.
``(4) An online platform on which informational materials
described in paragraph (2) are posted shall ensure that the
conspicuous statement described in such paragraph (or, if
applicable, the abbreviated statement described in paragraph
(3)) is maintained with such materials at all times, including
after the material is shared in a social media post on the
platform, but only if the platform has 50,000,000 or more
unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority
of months during the 12 months preceding the dissemination of
the materials.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph
(1) shall apply with respect to materials disseminated
on or after the expiration of the 60-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act,
without regard to whether or not the Attorney General
has promulgated regulations to carry out such
amendments prior to the expiration of such period.
(b) Application of Requirements to Persons Outside the United
States.--
(1) In general.--Section 4(b)(1) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 614(b)(1)), as amended by subsection (a), is
amended by striking ``any person within the United
States'' and inserting ``any person''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph
(1) shall apply with respect to materials disseminated
on or after the expiration of the 60-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act,
without regard to whether or not the Attorney General
has promulgated regulations to carry out such
amendments prior to the expiration of such period.
(c) Requirements for Online Platforms Disseminating
Informational Materials Transmitted by Agents of Foreign
Principals.--
(1) In general.--Section 4 of such Act (22 U.S.C.
614) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(g) If the Attorney General determines that an agent of a
foreign principal transmitted or caused to be transmitted
informational materials on an online platform for or in the
interests of the foreign principal and did not meet the
requirements of subsection (b)(2) (relating to the conspicuous
statement required to be placed in such materials)--
``(1) the Attorney General shall notify the online
platform; and
``(2) the online platform shall remove such materials
and use reasonable efforts to inform recipients of such
materials that the materials were disseminated by a
foreign agent on behalf of a foreign principal.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph
(1) shall apply with respect to materials disseminated
on or after the expiration of the 60-day period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Definition.--Section 1 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 611) is
amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
subsection:
``(j) The term `online platform' means any public-facing
website, web application, or digital application (including a
social network, ad network, or search engine).''.
SEC. 7106. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ENGAGE WITH
THE UNITED STATES IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES FOR A
FOREIGN PRINCIPAL IN ANY PLACE AS AGENTS OF FOREIGN
PRINCIPALS.
Section 1(c)(1)(i) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611(c)(1)(i)) is amended by
inserting after ``United States'' the following: ``(whether
within or outside of the United States)''.
SEC. 7107. ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON CHALLENGES TO ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN
AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938.
(a) Analysis.--The Attorney General shall conduct an analysis
of the legal, policy, and procedural challenges to the
effective enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.).
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to
Congress a report on the analysis conducted under subsection
(a), and shall include in the report such recommendations,
including recommendations for revisions to the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as the Attorney General considers
appropriate to promote the effective enforcement of such Act.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 476, strike lines 5 through 9 and insert the following:
``(B) a description of the audience targeted
by the advertisement, the number of views
generated from the advertisement, the number of
views by unique individuals generated by the
advertisement, the number of times the
advertisement was shared, and the date and time
that the advertisement is first displayed and
last displayed.''.
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 50, line 14, strike ``and'' at then end.
Page 50, line 20, insert ``and'' at the end.
Page 50, after line 20, insert the following:
(G) an explanation of what information the
State and local election officials maintain
with respect to an individual voter
registration status for purposes of elections
for Federal office in the State, how that
information is shared or sold and with whom,
what information is automatically kept
confidential, what information is needed to
access voter information online, and what
privacy programs are available, such as those
described in section 1055;
Page 88, after line 8 insert the following (and conform the
table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 1055. REQUIRING STATES TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE VOTER PRIVACY
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Each State shall establish and operate a
privacy program to enable victims of domestic violence, dating
violence, stalking, sexual assault, and trafficking to have
personally identifiable information that the State or local
election officials maintain with respect to an individual voter
registration status for purposes of elections for Federal
office in the State, including addresses, be kept confidential.
(b) Notice.--Each State shall notify residents of that State
of the information that State and local election officials
maintain with respect to an individual voter registration
status for purposes of elections for Federal office in the
State, how that information is shared or sold and with whom,
what information is automatically kept confidential, what
information is needed to access voter information online, and
the privacy programs that are available.
(c) Public Availability.--Each State shall make information
about the program established under subsection (a) available on
a publicly accessible website.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms ``domestic violence'', ``stalking'',
``sexual assault'', and ``dating violence'' have the
meanings given such terms in section 40002 of the
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291).
(2) The term ``trafficking'' means an act or practice
described in paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7102).
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43. An Amendment to Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 666, insert after line 2 the following new section (and
redesignate the succeeding section accordingly):
SECTION 6010. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR OFFENSES UNDER
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.
(a) Civil Offenses.--Section 309(a) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
``(10) No person shall be subject to a civil penalty under
this subsection with respect to a violation of this Act unless
a complaint is filed with the Commission with respect to the
violation under paragraph (1), or the Commission responds to
information with respect to the violation which is ascertained
in the normal course of carrying out its supervisory
responsibilities under paragraph (2), not later than 15 years
after the date on which the violation occurred.''.
(b) Criminal Offenses.--Section 406(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C.
30145(a)) is amended by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``10
years''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 154, beginning line 2, strike ``at least one voting
system'' and insert ``a sufficient number, but at least one, of
voting systems, as determined by the Commission in consultation
with the United States Access Board and the National Institute
of Standards and Technology,''.
Page 154, beginning line 3, strike ``for individuals with
disabilities'' and insert ``to serve individuals with and
without disabilities''.
Page 154, beginning line 7, strike ``at each polling place''
and insert ``for all in person voting options''.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Swalwell of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 223, line 18 , insert ``, without being subjected to
intimidation or deceptive practices,'' after ``vote''.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Swalwell of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 129, line 8, insert ``, including by operating a polling
place or ballot box that falsely purports to be an official
location established for such an election by a unit of
government'' before the period.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Swalwell of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 220, line 20, strike ``clause'' and insert ``clause, and
shall include on the institution's website and boost awareness
on the institution's social media platforms,''.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tlaib of Michigan or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 94, insert after line 25 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provisions accordingly):
(c) Priority for Schools Receiving Title I Funds.--In
selecting among eligible local educational agencies for
receiving funds under the pilot program under this part, the
Commission shall give priority to local educational agencies
that receive funds under part A of title I of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq).
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tlaib of Michigan or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 79, insert after line 9 the following (and redesignate
the succeeding provisions accordingly):
``(c) Ensuring Availability of Forms.--The State shall ensure
that each polling place has copies of any forms an individual
may be required to complete in order to register to vote or
revise the individual's voter registration information under
this section.''.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tlaib of Michigan or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 248, line 15, strike the closing quotation mark and the
second period.
Page 248, insert after line 15 the following:
``(c) Minimum Hours of Operation Outside of Typical Working
Hours.--Each State shall establish hours of operation for all
polling places in the State on the date of any election for
Federal office held in the State such that no polling place is
open for less than a total of 4 hours outside of the hours
between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm in time zone in which the polling
place is located.''.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 548, strike lines 3 through 12 and insert the following:
(c) Study and Report on Impact and Effectiveness of Voucher
Programs.--
(1) Study.--The Federal Election Commission shall
conduct a study on the efficacy of political voucher
programs, including the program under this part and
other similar programs, in expanding and diversifying
the pool of individuals who participate in the
electoral process, including those who participate as
donors and those who participate as candidates.
(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall publish
and submit to Congress a report on the study conducted
under subsection (a), and shall include in the report
such recommendations as the Commission considers
appropriate which would enable political voucher
programs to be implemented on a national scale.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 255, after line 16, insert the following:
SEC. 1909. GAO STUDY ON VOTER TURNOUT RATES.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a
study on voter turnout rates delineated by age in States and
localities that permit voters to participate in elections
before reaching the age of 18, with a focus on localities that
permit voting upon reaching the age of 16.
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 255, insert before line 17, the following new section
(and conform the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 1909. STUDY ON RANKED-CHOICE VOTING.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on
the implementation and impact of ranked-choice voting in States
and localities with a focus on how to best implement a model
for Federal elections nationwide. The study shall include the
impact on voter turnout, negative campaigning, and who decides
to run for office.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall
transmit to Congress a report on the study conducted under
subsection (a), including any recommendations on how to best
implement a ranked-choice voting for Federal elections
nationwide.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Underwood of Illinois
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 542(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971, as added by section 5111 of the bill--
(1) strike ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
(2) redesignate subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);
and
(3) insert after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
(E) the extent to which the program increased
opportunities for participation by candidates
of diverse racial, gender, and socio-economic
backgrounds; and
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55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waters of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
On page 124, line 1, strike ``criminal penalties'' and insert
``criminal, civil, or other legal penalties''.
On page 128, line 17, strike ``criminal penalties'' and
insert ``criminal, civil, or other legal penalties''.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Williams of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 88, after line 8, insert the following:
SEC. 1055. INCLUSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION WITH CERTAIN
LEASES AND VOUCHERS FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL
HOUSING AND MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS.
(a) Development of Uniform Statement.--The Director of the
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, in coordination with
the Election Assistance Commission, shall develop a uniform
statement designed to provide recipients of such statement
pursuant to this section of how they can register to vote and
their voting rights under law.
(b) Leases and Vouchers for Federally Assisted Rental
Housing.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
require--
(1) each public housing agency to provide a copy of
the uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection
(a) to each lessee of a dwelling unit in public housing
administered by such agency--
(A) together with the lease for such a
dwelling unit, at the same time such lease is
provided to the lessee; and
(B) together with any income verification
form, at the same time such form is provided to
the lessee;
(2) each public housing agency that administers
rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher
program under section 8(o) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), including the program
under paragraph (13) of such section 8(o), to provide a
copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to
subsection (a) to each assisted family or individual--
(A) together with the voucher for such
assistance, at the time such voucher is issued
for such family or individual; and
(B) together with any income verification
form, at the same time such form is provided to
the applicant or assisted family or individual;
and
(3) each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with
Federal project-based rental assistance to provide a
copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to
subsection (a) to provide to the lessee of such
dwelling unit--
(A) together with the lease for such dwelling
unit, at the same time such form is provided to
the lessee; and
(B) together with any income verification
form, at the same time such form is provided to
the applicant or tenant;
except that the Secretary of Agriculture shall
administer the requirement under this paragraph with
respect to Federal project-based rental assistance
specified in subsection (e)(1)(D),
(c) Applications for Residential Mortgage Loans.--The
Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall
require each creditor that receives an application (within the
meaning of such term as used in the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act (15 U.S.C. 1691)) for a residential mortgage loan to
provide a copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to
subsection (a) in written form to the applicant for such
residential mortgage loan, within 5 business days of the date
of application.
(d) Optional Completion of Application.--Nothing in this
section may be construed to require any individual to complete
an application for voter registration.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section:
(1) Federal project-based rental assistance.--The
term ``Federal project-based rental assistance'' means
project-based rental assistance provided under--
(A) section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
(B) section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959
(12 U.S.C. 1701q);
(C) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
8013);
(D) title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher
assistance under section 542 of such title (42
U.S.C. 1490r);
(E) subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 12901 et seq.);
(F) title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
12721 et seq.);
(G) the Housing Trust Fund program under
section 1338 of the federal Housing Enterprises
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12
U.S.C. 4588); or
(H) subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381
et seq.).
(2) Owner.--The term ``owner'' has the meaning given
such term in section 8(f) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)).
(3) Public housing; public housing agency.--The terms
``public housing'' and ``public housing agency'' have
the meanings given such terms in section 3(b) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
(4) Residential mortgage loan.--The term
``residential mortgage loan'' includes any loan which
is secured by a first or subordinate lien on
residential real property (including individual units
of condominiums and cooperatives) designed principally
for the occupancy of from 1- to 4- families.
(f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Director of
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may issue such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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