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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5290 

To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases 

and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 25, 2023 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. GARCIA of 

Texas, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. 

PORTER, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. IVEY, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. KAMLAGERDOVE, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. WILD, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

DELUZIO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. CHERFILUSMCCORMICK, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RYAN, Mr. RASKIN, and Mrs. 

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

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the inclusion of voter registration information 

with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted 

rental housing and mortgage applications, 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 ‘‘Voters on the Move 

5 Registration Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMA7 TION WITH CERTAIN LEASES AND VOUCHERS 

8 FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING 

9 AND MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 

12 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 

13 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

14 the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. 

15 (3) FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—The term 

16 ‘‘Federal rental assistance’’ means rental assistance 

17 provided under— 

18 (A) any covered housing program, as de19 fined in section 41411(a) of the Violence 

20 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

21 12491(a)); 

22 (B) title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assist24 ance under section 542 of such title (42 U.S.C. 

25 1490r); 


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1 (C) the Housing Trust Fund program 

2 under section 1338 of the Federal Housing En3 terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 

4 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4588); or 

5 (D) subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney6 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 11381 et seq.). 

8 (4) FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORT9 GAGE LOAN.—The term ‘‘Federally backed multi10 family mortgage loan’’ includes any loan (other than 

11 temporary financing such as a construction loan) 

12 that— 

13 (A) is secured by a first or subordinate lien 

14 on residential multifamily real property de15 signed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 

16 more families, including any such secured loan, 

17 the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 

18 off an existing loan secured by the same prop19 erty; and 

20 (B) is made in whole or in part, or in21 sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 

22 any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed23 eral Government or under or in connection with 

24 a housing or urban development program ad25 ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 


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1 Urban Development or a housing or related 

2 program administered by any other such officer 

3 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 

4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 

5 the Federal National Mortgage Association. 

6 (5) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ has the mean7 ing given the term in section 8(f) of the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)). 

9 (6) PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN10 CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous11 ing agency’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

12 section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 

13 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

14 (7) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN.—The term 

15 ‘‘residential mortgage loan’’ includes any loan that is 

16 secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential 

17 real property, including individual units of con18 dominiums and cooperatives, designed principally for 

19 the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families. 

20 (b) UNIFORM STATEMENT.— 

21 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director, after con22 sultation with the Election Assistance Commission, 

23 shall develop a uniform statement designed to pro24 vide recipients of the statement pursuant to this sec25 tion with information on how the recipient can regVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Aug 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5290.IH H5290

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1 ister to vote and the voting rights of the recipient 

2 under law. 

3 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In developing the uni4 form statement, the Director shall be responsible 

5 for— 

6 (A) establishing the format of the state7 ment; 

8 (B) consumer research and testing of the 

9 statement; and 

10 (C) consulting with and obtaining from the 

11 Election Assistance Commission the content re12 garding voter rights and registration issues 

13 needed to ensure the statement complies with 

14 the requirements of paragraph (1). 

15 (3) LANGUAGES.—The uniform statement re16 quired under paragraph (1) shall be developed and 

17 made available in English and each of the 10 lan18 guages most commonly spoken by individuals with 

19 limited English proficiency, as determined by the Di20 rector using information published by the Director 

21 of the Bureau of the Census. The Director shall 

22 make all translated versions of the uniform state23 ment publicly available in a centralized location on 

24 the Bureau’s website. 


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1 (c) LEASES AND VOUCHERS FOR FEDERALLY AS2 SISTED RENTAL HOUSING.—Each Federal agency admin3 istering a Federal rental assistance program, as appro4 priate, shall require— 

5 (1) each public housing agency to provide a 

6 copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to 

7 subsection (b) to each lessee of a dwelling unit in 

8 public housing administered by the agency— 

9 (A) together with the lease for the dwelling 

10 unit, at the same time the lease is signed by the 

11 lessee; and 

12 (B) together with any income verification 

13 form, at the same time the form is provided to 

14 the lessee; 

15 (2) each public housing agency that administers 

16 rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher 

17 program under section 8(o) of the United States 

18 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), includ19 ing the program under paragraph (13) of such sec20 tion 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement 

21 developed pursuant to subsection (b) to each assisted 

22 family or individual— 

23 (A) together with the voucher for the as24 sistance, at the time the voucher is issued for 

25 the family or individual; and 


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1 (B) together with any income verification 

2 form, at the same time the form is provided to 

3 the applicant or assisted family or individual; 

4 and 

5 (3) each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with 

6 Federal rental assistance to provide a copy of the 

7 uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection 

8 (b) to provide to the lessee of the dwelling unit— 

9 (A) together with the lease for such dwell10 ing unit, at the same time the lease is signed 

11 by the lessee; and 

12 (B) together with any income verification 

13 form, at the same time the form is provided to 

14 the applicant or tenant. 

15 (d) APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

16 LOANS.—The Director shall require each creditor (within 

17 the meaning of such term as used in section 1026.2(a)(17) 

18 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations) that receives an 

19 application (within the meaning of such term as used in 

20 section 1026.2(a)(3)(ii) of title 12, Code of Federal Regu21 lations) to provide a copy of the uniform statement devel22 oped pursuant to subsection (b) in written form to the 

23 applicant for a residential mortgage loan not later than 

24 5 business days after the date of the application. 


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1 (e) FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE

2 LOANS.—The head of the Federal agency insuring, guar3 anteeing, supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed 

4 multifamily mortgage loan, or the Director of the Federal 

5 Housing Finance Agency in the case of a Federally backed 

6 multifamily mortgage loan that is purchased or securitized 

7 by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the 

8 Federal National Mortgage Association, shall require the 

9 owner of the property securing the Federally backed multi10 family mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uniform 

11 statement developed pursuant to subsection (b) in written 

12 form to each lessee of a dwelling unit assisted by that loan 

13 at the time the lease is signed by the lessee. 

14 (f) OPTIONAL COMPLETION OF VOTER REGISTRA15 TION APPLICATION.—Nothing in this section may be con16 strued to require any individual to complete a voter reg17 istration application. 

18 (g) REGULATIONS.—The head of a Federal agency 

19 administering a Federal rental assistance program, the 

20 head of the Federal agency insuring, guaranteeing, 

21 supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed multi22 family mortgage loan, the Director of the Federal Housing 

23 Finance Agency, and the Director may issue such regula24 tions as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

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