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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3555 

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 

MAY 25, 2021 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. SARBANES, 

Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) 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. 

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 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMA2 TION WITH CERTAIN LEASES AND VOUCHERS 

3 FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING 

4 AND MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

7 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 

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

9 the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. 

10 (3) FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—The term 

11 ‘‘Federal rental assistance’’ means rental assistance 

12 provided under— 

13 (A) any covered housing program, as de14 fined in section 41411(a) of the Violence 

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

16 12491(a)); 

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

18 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assist19 ance under section 542 of such title (42 U.S.C. 

20 1490r); 

21 (C) the Housing Trust Fund program 

22 under section 1338 of the Federal Housing En23 terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 

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


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1 (D) subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney2 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 11381 et seq.). 

4 (4) FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORT5 GAGE LOAN.—The term ‘‘Federally backed multi6 family mortgage loan’’ includes any loan (other than 

7 temporary financing such as a construction loan) 

8 that— 

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

10 on residential multifamily real property de11 signed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 

12 more families, including any such secured loan, 

13 the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 

14 off an existing loan secured by the same prop15 erty; and 

16 (B) is made in whole or in part, or in17 sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 

18 any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed19 eral Government or under or in connection with 

20 a housing or urban development program ad21 ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 

22 Urban Development or a housing or related 

23 program administered by any other such officer 

24 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 


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1 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 

2 the Federal National Mortgage Association. 

3 (5) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ has the mean4 ing given the term in section 8(f) of the United 

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

6 (6) PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN7 CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous8 ing agency’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

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

10 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

11 (7) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN.—The term 

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

13 secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential 

14 real property, including individual units of con15 dominiums and cooperatives, designed principally for 

16 the occupancy of from 1- to 4- families. 

17 (b) UNIFORM STATEMENT.— 

18 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director, after con19 sultation with the Election Assistance Commission, 

20 shall develop a uniform statement designed to pro21 vide recipients of the statement pursuant to this sec22 tion with information on how the recipient can reg23 ister to vote and the voting rights of the recipient 

24 under law. 


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1 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In developing the uni2 form statement, the Director shall be responsible 

3 for— 

4 (A) establishing the format of the state5 ment; 

6 (B) consumer research and testing of the 

7 statement; and 

8 (C) consulting with and obtaining from the 

9 Election Assistance Commission the content re10 garding voter rights and registration issues 

11 needed to ensure the statement complies with 

12 the requirements of paragraph (1). 

13 (3) LANGUAGES.—The uniform statement re14 quired under paragraph (1) shall be developed and 

15 made available in English and each of the 10 lan16 guages most commonly spoken by individuals with 

17 limited English proficiency, as determined by the Di18 rector using information published by the Director 

19 of the Bureau of the Census. The Director shall 

20 make all translated versions of the uniform state21 ment publicly available in a centralized location on 

22 the Bureau’s website. 

23 (c) LEASES AND VOUCHERS FOR FEDERALLY AS24 SISTED RENTAL HOUSING.—Each Federal agency adminVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:56 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3555.IH H3555

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1 istering a federal rental assistance program, as appro2 priate, shall require— 

3 (1) each public housing agency to provide a 

4 copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to 

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

6 public housing administered by the agency— 

7 (A) together with the lease for the dwelling 

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

9 lessee; and 

10 (B) together with any income verification 

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

12 the lessee; 

13 (2) each public housing agency that administers 

14 rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher 

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

16 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), includ17 ing the program under paragraph (13) of such sec18 tion 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement 

19 developed pursuant to subsection (b) to each assisted 

20 family or individual— 

21 (A) together with the voucher for the as22 sistance, at the time the voucher is issued for 

23 the family or individual; and 

24 (B) together with any income verification 

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


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1 the applicant or assisted family or individual; 

2 and 

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

4 Federal rental assistance to provide a copy of the 

5 uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection 

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

7 (A) together with the lease for such dwell8 ing unit, at the same time the lease is signed 

9 by the lessee; and 

10 (B) together with any income verification 

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

12 the applicant or tenant. 

13 (d) APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

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

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

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

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

18 section 1026.2(a)(3)(ii) of title 12, Code of Federal Regu19 lations) to provide a copy of the uniform statement devel20 oped pursuant to subsection (b) in written form to the 

21 applicant for a residential mortgage loan not later than 

22 5 business days after the date of the application. 

23 (e) FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE

24 LOANS.—The head of the Federal agency insuring, guar25 anteeing, supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed 


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1 multifamily mortgage loan, or the Director of the Federal 

2 Housing Finance Agency in the case of a Federally backed 

3 multifamily mortgage loan that is purchased or securitized 

4 by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the 

5 Federal National Mortgage Association, shall require the 

6 owner of the property securing the Federally backed multi7 family mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uniform 

8 statement developed pursuant to subsection (b) in written 

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

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

11 (f) OPTIONAL COMPLETION OF VOTER REGISTRA12 TION APPLICATION.—Nothing in this section may be con13 strued to require any individual to complete a voter reg14 istration application. 

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

16 administering a federal rental assistance program, the 

17 head of the Federal agency insuring, guaranteeing, 

18 supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed multi19 family mortgage loan, the Director of the Federal Housing 

20 Finance Agency, and the Director may issue such regula21 tions as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

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