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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6924 

To require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide certain 

information to inmates with respect to voting, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2024 

Ms. NORTON (for herself and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide 

certain information to inmates with respect to voting, 

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 ‘‘Federal Bureau of 

5 Prisons Voting Assistance Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO VOTING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days before a 

8 Federal, State or local election, the Director of the Bureau 

9 of Prisons shall send to— 


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1 (1) each inmate, through the Trust Fund Lim2 ited Inmate Computer System (TRULINCS) (or a 

3 successor platform), who is (or prior to incarceration 

4 was) a resident of a State that allows an inmate to 

5 vote while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, 

6 a message including— 

7 (A) information on how to register to vote; 

8 and 

9 (B) information on how to request an ab10 sentee ballot; and 

11 (2) each Re-entry Affairs Coordinator of each 

12 Federal correctional facility, information including— 

13 (A) criteria for voter registration for each 

14 State that allows an inmate to vote while in the 

15 custody of the Bureau of Prisons; 

16 (B) instructions on voter registration for 

17 each State that allows an inmate to vote while 

18 in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons; 

19 (C) printed voter registration forms for 

20 each State that allows an inmate to vote while 

21 in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons; and 

22 (D) prepaid envelopes for voter registration 

23 forms, as provided by a State Bureau of Elec24 tion. 

25 (b) PUBLICATION; DELIVERY.— 


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1 (1) FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.—In 

2 each Federal correctional facility, the Director shall 

3 make available to inmates the information under 

4 subsection (a), including by posting such information 

5 physically at the correctional facility. 

6 (2) INTERNET WEBSITE.—The Director shall 

7 publish on the internet website of the Bureau of 

8 Prisons the information under subsection (a). 

9 (3) DELIVERY.—The Re-entry Affairs Coordi10 nator of each Federal correctional facility shall pro11 vide each inmate who is (or prior to incarceration 

12 was) a resident of a State that allows an inmate to 

13 vote while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons 

14 information identified under subsection (a)(2). 

15 (c) LANGUAGE AVAILABILITIES.—The Director shall 

16 provide any information under subsection (a) in both 

17 English and Spanish, if the State that allows an inmate 

18 to vote while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons 

19 makes available such information in both English and 

20 Spanish. 

21 (d) SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN INMATES.—The Director 

22 shall provide support to any inmate who needs assistance 

23 with voter registration as a result of a recognized dis24 ability. 


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1 (e) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘‘State’’ means a State of the United States, the District 

3 of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or posses4 sion of the United States. 

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