I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2566 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require an indi-
vidual who applies for a motor vehicle driver’s license in a new State 
to indicate whether the new State is to serve as the individual’s residence 
for purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal office, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2023 
Mrs. MCCLAIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
require an individual who applies for a motor vehicle 
driver’s license in a new State to indicate whether the 
new State is to serve as the individual’s residence for 
purposes of registering to vote in elections for Federal 
office, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Voter Registration Ef-
ficiency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 
DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI-
CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI-
DENCE 
FOR 
VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
PUR-
POSES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
APPLICANTS
FOR
LI-
CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–3(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require 
each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s li-
cense in the State— 
‘‘(i) to indicate whether the individual resides in 
another State or resided in another State prior to 
applying for the license, and, if so, to identify the 
State involved; and 
‘‘(ii) to indicate whether the individual intends 
for the State to serve as the individual’s residence 
for purposes of registering to vote in elections for 
Federal office. 
‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an indi-
vidual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that 
the individual intends for the State to serve as the individ-
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ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office, the authority shall notify the 
motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the indi-
vidual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify 
the chief State election official of such State that the indi-
vidual no longer intends for that State to serve as the indi-
vidual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 
elections for Federal office.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 
occurring in 2024 or any succeeding year. 
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