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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2343 

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security 

to provide information to States upon request which will enable States 

to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in 

elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who 

are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2021 

Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. BUDD, and Mrs. 

BOEBERT) 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 Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

Commissioner of Social Security to provide information 

to States upon request which will enable States to verify 

the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration 

in elections for Federal office in the State and remove 

individuals who are not citizens of the United States 

from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections 

for Federal office in the State, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Protecting American 

5 Voters Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRING PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON RE7 QUEST TO ENABLE STATES TO VERIFY CITI8 ZENSHIP STATUS OF APPLICANTS FOR 

9 VOTER REGISTRATION AND INDIVIDUALS ON 

10 VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS. 

11 (a) PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON REQUEST.— 

12 Section 9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 

13 (52 U.S.C. 20508) is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c) PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON REQUEST

16 TO ENABLE STATES TO VERIFY CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF

17 APPLICANTS AND REGISTRANTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State 

19 election official, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

20 and the Commissioner of the Social Security Admin21 istration shall provide the official with such informa22 tion as may be necessary to enable the official to 

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1 tions for Federal office held in the State is a citizen 

2 of the United States. 

3 ‘‘(2) USE OF SAVE SYSTEM.—The Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security may respond to a request re5 ceived under paragraph (1) by using the system for 

6 the verification of immigration status under the ap7 plicable provisions of section 1137 of the Social Se8 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7), as established pur9 suant to section 121(c) of the Immigration Reform 

10 and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–603). 

11 ‘‘(3) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—The Sec12 retary and the Commissioner may share information 

13 with each other with respect to an individual who is 

14 the subject of a request received under paragraph 

15 (1) in order to enable the Secretary and the Com16 missioner to respond to the request. 

17 ‘‘(4) PRIVACY.—The Secretary shall carry out 

18 this subsection in accordance with such safeguards 

19 as the Commissioner determines to be necessary or 

20 appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the so21 cial security account number of any individual. 

22 ‘‘(5) PROHIBITING FEES.—The Secretary may 

23 not charge a fee for responding to a State’s request 

24 under paragraph (1). 


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1 ‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro2 mulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 

3 carry out this subsection.’’. 

4 (b) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF STATE TO RE5 MOVE NONCITIZENS FROM OFFICIAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE

6 VOTERS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(4) of the Na8 tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 

9 20507(a)(4)) is amended— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara11 graph (A); 

12 (B) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara13 graph (B); and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

15 subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(C) a determination that the registrant is 

17 not a citizen of the United States;’’. 

18 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

19 8(c)(2)(B)(i) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

20 20507(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘(4)(A)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘(4)(A) or (C)’’. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall apply with respect to elections held on 

24 or after January 1, 2022. 

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