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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 423 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prevent the addresses 

of the residences of Members of Congress from appearing on the computerized Statewide voter registration lists required to be maintained by 

States under such Act, and to permit a Member of Congress who seeks 

to be a candidate for election for public office in a State to meet 

any requirement under State law to provide the appropriate election 

official with the address of the Member’s residence by providing the 

chief State election official with an affidavit certifying that the Member 

is a resident of the State. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2011 

Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prevent 

the addresses of the residences of Members of Congress 

from appearing on the computerized Statewide voter registration lists required to be maintained by States under 

such Act, and to permit a Member of Congress who 

seeks to be a candidate for election for public office 

in a State to meet any requirement under State law 

to provide the appropriate election official with the address of the Member’s residence by providing the chief 

State election official with an affidavit certifying that 

the Member is a resident of the State. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Member Address Pri5 vacy and Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PREVENTING APPEARANCE OF ADDRESS OF RESI7 DENCE OF MEMBER OF CONGRESS ON STATE 

8 VOTER REGISTRATION LIST. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a)(3) of the Help 

10 America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(3)) is 

11 amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 

12 the following: ‘‘, and to prevent the display on the list of 

13 the address of the residence of any Member of Congress 

14 (except as may be required for a State election official to 

15 verify the Member’s voter registration information). For 

16 purposes of the previous sentence, the term ‘Member of 

17 Congress’ means a Senator or a Representative in, or Del18 egate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.’’. 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

20 subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 

21 90-day period that begins on the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. PERMITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SEEKING 

2 ELECTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE TO MEET 

3 DECLARATION OF RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT 

4 UNDER STATE LAW BY PROVIDING AFFI5 DAVIT CERTIFYING RESIDENCE IN THE 

6 STATE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, if a State imposes a requirement on an indi9 vidual who seeks to be a candidate for election for public 

10 office in the State to provide an election official of the 

11 State with the address of the individual’s residence, a 

12 Member of Congress may meet the requirement by filing 

13 a signed affidavit with the chief State election official cer14 tifying that the Member is a resident of the State. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In subsection (a)— 

16 (1) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ of a State 

17 is the individual designated by the State under sec18 tion 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 

19 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–8) to be responsible for the 

20 coordination of the State’s responsibilities under 

21 such Act; 

22 (2) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 

23 Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resi24 dent Commissioner to, the Congress; and 

25 (3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

26 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 


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1 of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 

2 States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

3 Northern Mariana Islands. 

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