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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7803 

To amend title 18, United States Code, and the National Voter Registration 

Act of 1993 to provide for enhanced penalties for the fraudulent transmission of ballots by mail in elections for Federal office, to direct the 

Attorney General to establish a system for receiving reports of incidents 

of the fraudulent transmission of such ballots by mail, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2020 

Mr. MEUSER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, and the National 

Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for enhanced 

penalties for the fraudulent transmission of ballots by 

mail in elections for Federal office, to direct the Attorney 

General to establish a system for receiving reports of 

incidents of the fraudulent transmission of such ballots 

by mail, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Mail-In Voter 

3 Fraud Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR FRAUDULENT TRANS5 MISSION OF BALLOTS BY MAIL IN FEDERAL 

6 ELECTIONS. 

7 (a) PENALTIES FOR MAIL FRAUD.—Section 1341 of 

8 title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘20 

9 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years (or, in the case of a matter 

10 or thing consisting of a ballot in an election for Federal 

11 office which is placed or deposited for purposes of exe12 cuting a scheme or artifice involving multiple ballots, 30 

13 years)’’. 

14 (b) PENALTIES FOR USE OF FICTITIOUS NAME OR

15 ADDRESS ON BALLOT.—Section 1343 of title 18, United 

16 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and in17 serting ‘‘five years (or, in the case of mail matter con18 sisting of a ballot in an election for Federal office which 

19 is transmitted for purposes of executing a scheme or arti20 fice involving multiple ballots, 10 years)’’. 

21 (c) PENALTIES FOR TRANSMISSION OF FRAUDULENT

22 BALLOTS.—Section 12 of the National Voter Registration 

23 Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years (or, in the case of 

25 activity described in paragraph (2)(B) which involves the 

26 transmission of multiple ballots by mail, 10 years)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INCIDENTS OF FRAUDU2 LENT TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTS BY MAIL 

3 IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 

4 (a) REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Attorney General 

5 shall establish a system through which persons may report 

6 incidents involving the fraudulent transmission of ballots 

7 by mail in elections for Federal office, including through 

8 a toll-free hotline and a confidential online portal. 

9 (b) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall estab10 lish the system under subsection (a) not later than 30 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 4. ENSURING PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO STATE 

13 ELECTION OFFICIALS ON INDIVIDUALS 

14 RECUSED FROM JURY SERVICE ON GROUNDS 

15 OF NONCITIZENSHIP. 

16 (a) REQUIRING STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO CO17 ORDINATE INFORMATION ON RECUSAL AS PART OF MAIN18 TENANCE OF STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.— 

19 Subparagraph (A) of section 303(a)(2) of the Help Amer20 ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(2)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 

23 and 

24 (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 

25 new clause: 


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1 ‘‘(iii) For purposes of removing names 

2 of ineligible voters from the official list of 

3 eligible voters by reason of citizenship sta4 tus, the State shall coordinate the comput5 erized list with records of courts which 

6 have recused individuals from serving on a 

7 jury on the grounds that the individuals 

8 are not citizens of the United States.’’. 

9 (b) REQUIRING NOTIFICATION BY COURTS.— 

10 (1) REQUIREMENT DESCRIBED.—If a United 

11 States district court or a court of any State or local 

12 jurisdiction recuses an individual from serving on a 

13 jury on the grounds that the individual is not a cit14 izen of the United States, the court shall transmit 

15 a notice of the individual’s recusal— 

16 (A) to the chief State election official of 

17 the State in which the individual resides; and 

18 (B) to the Attorney General. 

19 (2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub20 section— 

21 (A) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ of a 

22 State is the individual designated by the State 

23 under section 10 of the National Voter Reg24 istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20509) to be 


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1 responsible for coordination of the State’s re2 sponsibilities under such Act; and 

3 (B) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 

4 several States, the District of Columbia, the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 

6 Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is7 lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

8 Mariana Islands. 

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