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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8830 

To require States to obtain information from the Social Security Administration on deaths for purposes of voter registration list maintenance, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 2, 2020 

Mr. BABIN (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. POSEY, 

Mr. KELLER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. KELLY of 

Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees 

on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education 

and Labor, 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 require States to obtain information from the Social 

Security Administration on deaths for purposes of voter 

registration list maintenance, 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 ‘‘You Must Be Alive 

5 To Vote Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES TO OBTAIN INFORMATION 

2 FROM SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

3 ON DEATHS FOR PURPOSES OF VOTER REG4 ISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Na6 tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 

7 20507(a)(4)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(A) the death of the registrant, as deter9 mined on the basis of information obtained 

10 through records of the State and of information 

11 obtained through ongoing consultation with the 

12 Social Security Administration; or’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORITY TO MATCH DATA.—Section 205(r) 

14 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)) is amended 

15 by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(10) The Commissioner of Social Security shall, 

17 upon the request of a State pursuant to section 8(a)(4)(A) 

18 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993— 

19 ‘‘(A) enter into an agreement with the State for 

20 the purpose of matching data in the records of the 

21 Social Security Administration and the official list of 

22 eligible voters of the State; and 

23 ‘‘(B) include in such agreement safeguards to 

24 assure the maintenance of the confidentiality of any 

25 information disclosed.’’. 

26 (c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION; ENFORCEMENT.— 


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1 (1) CERTIFICATION.—Each State shall certify, 

2 with respect to each calendar year, to the Secretary 

3 of Education and the Secretary of Transportation 

4 that the State has in place an agreement with the 

5 Social Security Administration to share death infor6 mation for purposes of section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Na7 tional Voter Registration Act of 1993. 

8 (2) PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—With 

9 respect to any calendar year in which a State has 

10 failed to so certify, the Secretaries of Education and 

11 Transportation may not make available any Federal 

12 funds to the State, any county within the State, or 

13 any resident of the State. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

15 (1) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the 

16 United States and the District of Columbia; and 

17 (2) the term ‘‘county’’ means a parish in Lou18 isiana, a borough in Alaska, or a county in the other 

19 48 States. 

20 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

21 this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact22 ment of this Act. 

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