I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2343 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security 
to provide information to States upon request which will enable States 
to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in 
elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who 
are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals reg-
istered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2021 
Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. BUDD, and Mrs. 
BOEBERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Commissioner of Social Security to provide information 
to States upon request which will enable States to verify 
the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration 
in elections for Federal office in the State and remove 
individuals who are not citizens of the United States 
from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections 
for Federal office in the State, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting American 
Voters Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON RE-
QUEST TO ENABLE STATES TO VERIFY CITI-
ZENSHIP 
STATUS 
OF 
APPLICANTS 
FOR 
VOTER REGISTRATION AND INDIVIDUALS ON 
VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS. 
(a) PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON REQUEST.— 
Section 9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(52 U.S.C. 20508) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON REQUEST 
TO ENABLE STATES TO VERIFY CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF 
APPLICANTS AND REGISTRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State 
election official, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
and the Commissioner of the Social Security Admin-
istration shall provide the official with such informa-
tion as may be necessary to enable the official to 
verify that an applicant for voter registration in elec-
tions for Federal office held in the State or a reg-
istrant on the official list of eligible voters in elec-
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tions for Federal office held in the State is a citizen 
of the United States. 
‘‘(2) USE OF SAVE SYSTEM.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may respond to a request re-
ceived under paragraph (1) by using the system for 
the verification of immigration status under the ap-
plicable provisions of section 1137 of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7), as established pur-
suant to section 121(c) of the Immigration Reform 
and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–603). 
‘‘(3) SHARING
OF
INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary and the Commissioner may share information 
with each other with respect to an individual who is 
the subject of a request received under paragraph 
(1) in order to enable the Secretary and the Com-
missioner to respond to the request. 
‘‘(4) PRIVACY.—The Secretary shall carry out 
this subsection in accordance with such safeguards 
as the Commissioner determines to be necessary or 
appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the so-
cial security account number of any individual. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITING FEES.—The Secretary may 
not charge a fee for responding to a State’s request 
under paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-
mulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 
carry out this subsection.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF STATE TO RE-
MOVE NONCITIZENS FROM OFFICIAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE 
VOTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(4) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20507(a)(4)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) a determination that the registrant is 
not a citizen of the United States;’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8(c)(2)(B)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
20507(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘(4)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(4)(A) or (C)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held on 
or after January 1, 2022. 
Æ 
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