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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Postmaster General to provide State election officials with change of address 

information before a general election for Federal office, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2021 

Mr. VAN DREW (for himself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 

require the Postmaster General to provide State election 

officials with change of address information before a 

general election for Federal office, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Updating Postal Data 

5 on Addresses for Trustworthy Elections Act’’ or the ‘‘UP6 DATE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATION PROVIDED TO 

2 STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the National Voter 

4 Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20508) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(c) UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE CHANGE OF

7 ADDRESS INFORMATION.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 90 

9 days thereafter, the Postmaster General of the United 

10 States Postal Service shall provide to the chief State elec11 tion official of each State the change of address records 

12 available in the National Change of Address product main13 tained by the United States Postal Service.’’. 

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

15 this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 

16 this Act. 

17 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated to the Postmaster General 

19 of the United States Postal Service $600,000 to carry out 

20 the amendment made by this section. 

21 SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF 

22 VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Election Assistance Commis24 sion shall make a payment to each eligible State for car25 rying out maintenance of each such State’s computerized 

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1 ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083) and for carrying 

2 out programs under section 8 of the National Voter Reg3 istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) to ensure the 

4 accuracy of voter registration lists in the State. 

5 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to receive a pay6 ment under this section if the State submits to the Com7 mission an application at such time, in such form, and 

8 containing such information and assurances as the Com9 mission may require. 

10 (c) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

12 the amount of a payment made to a State under this 

13 section shall be equal to the product of— 

14 (A) the total amount appropriated for such 

15 payments pursuant to the authorization under 

16 subsection (f); and 

17 (B) the State allocation percentage for the 

18 State. 

19 (2) MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The 

20 amount of a payment made to a State under this 

21 section may not be less than— 

22 (A) in the case of any of the several States 

23 or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 per24 cent of the total amount appropriated for such 

25 payments; or 


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1 (B) in the case of the Commonwealth of 

2 Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 

3 United States Virgin Islands, and the Common4 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, one5 tenth of 1 percent of such total amount. 

6 (3) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The Commission 

7 shall make such pro rata reductions to the alloca8 tions determined under paragraph (1) as are nec9 essary to comply with the requirements of paragraph 

10 (2). 

11 (d) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AFTER

12 APPROPRIATION.—A payment made to a State under this 

13 section shall be available to the State without fiscal year 

14 limitation. 

15 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

17 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

18 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 

19 Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 

20 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

21 (2) STATE ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE.—The 

22 term ‘‘State allocation percentage’’ means, with re23 spect to a State, the amount (expressed as a per24 centage) equal to the quotient of— 


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1 (A) the voting age population of the State 

2 (as reported in the most recent decennial cen3 sus); and 

4 (B) the total voting age population of all 

5 States (as reported in the most recent decennial 

6 census). 

7 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for payments 

9 under this section. 

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