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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4209

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each

individual registering to vote in elections for Federal office to provide

the individual’s Social Security number and to permit a State to remove

a registrant who fails to vote in two consecutive general elections for

Federal office from the official list of eligible voters in elections for

Federal office on the ground that the registrant has changed residence,

if the registrant fails to respond to written notices requesting confirmation of the registrant’s residence.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 26, 1996

Mr. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on House Oversight

A BILL

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to

require each individual registering to vote in elections

for Federal office to provide the individual’s Social Security number and to permit a State to remove a registrant

who fails to vote in two consecutive general elections

for Federal office from the official list of eligible voters

in elections for Federal office on the ground that the

registrant has changed residence, if the registrant fails

to respond to written notices requesting confirmation

of the registrant’s residence.
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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 ‘‘Integrity in Voter Reg5 istration Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRING APPLICANTS REGISTERING TO VOTE TO

7 PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

8 (a) REGISTRATION WITH APPLICATION FOR DRIV9 ER’S LICENSE.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(c)(2) of the Na11 tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.

12 1973gg–3(c)(2)) is amended—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub14 paragraph (D);

15 (B) by striking the period at the end of

16 subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

18 subparagraph:

19 ‘‘(F) shall require the applicant to provide the

20 applicant’s Social Security number.’’.

21 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

22 5(c)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–

23 3(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘subpara24 graph (C)’’ the following: ‘‘, or the information de25 scribed in subparagraph (F)’’.
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1 (b) MAIL REGISTRATION.—Section 9(b)(1) of such

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)(1)) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘may require only such identifying information’’ and in4 serting the following: ‘‘shall require the applicant to pro5 vide the applicant’s Social Security number, and may re6 quire only such additional identifying information’’.

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

8 this section shall take effect January 1, 1997, and shall

9 apply with respect to applicants registering to vote in elec10 tions for Federal office on or after such date.

11 SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN REGISTRANTS FROM OFFI12 CIAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(d) of the National Voter

14 Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(d)) is

15 amended—

16 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para17 graph (4); and

18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow19 ing new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(3)(A) At the option of the State, a State may re21 move the name of a registrant from the official list of eligi22 ble voters in elections for Federal office on the ground that

23 the registrant has changed residence if—

24 ‘‘(i) the registrant has not voted or appeared to

25 vote (and, if necessary, correct the registrar’s record
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1 of the registrant’s address) in an election during the

2 period beginning on the day after the date of the

3 second previous general election for Federal office

4 held prior to the date the confirmation notice de5 scribed in subparagraph (B) is sent and ending on

6 the date of such notice;

7 ‘‘(ii) the registrant has not voted or appeared to

8 vote (and, if necessary, correct the registrar’s record

9 of the registrant’s address) in any of the first two

10 general elections for Federal office held after the

11 confirmation notice described in subparagraph (B) is

12 sent; and

13 ‘‘(iii) during the period beginning on the date

14 the confirmation notice described in subparagraph

15 (B) is sent and ending on the date of the second

16 general election for Federal office held after the date

17 such notice is sent, the registrant has failed to notify

18 the State in response to the notice that the reg19 istrant did not change his or her residence, or

20 changed residence but remained in the registrar’s ju21 risdiction.

22 ‘‘(B) A confirmation notice described in this subpara23 graph is a postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card,

24 sent by forwardable mail, on which a registrant may state

25 his or her current address, together with information con-
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1 cerning how the registrant can continue to be eligible to

2 vote if the registrant has changed residence to a place out3 side the registrar’s jurisdiction and a statement that the

4 registrant may be removed from the official list of eligible

5 voters if the registrant does not respond to the notice (dur6 ing the period described in subparagraph (A)(iii)) by stat7 ing that the registrant did not change his or her residence,

8 or changed residence but remained in the registrar’s juris9 diction.’’.

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(i)(2) of

11 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(d)) is amended by insert12 ing ‘‘or subsection (d)(3)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’.

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

14 this section shall take effect January 1, 1997, and shall

15 apply with respect to general elections for Federal office

16 held on or after January 1, 1996.

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