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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4225 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to keep 
confidential the addresses of victims of domestic violence which are in-
cluded in the State’s computerized Statewide voter registration list, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2005 
Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require 
States to keep confidential the addresses of victims of 
domestic violence which are included in the State’s com-
puterized Statewide voter registration list, 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 ‘‘Victims of Violence 
Confidentiality Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. CONFIDENTIALITY OF ADDRESSES OF VICTIMS OF 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITHIN COMPUTER-
IZED 
STATEWIDE 
VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
LIST. 
(a) CONFIDENTIALITY OF ADDRESSES REQUIRED.— 
Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 15483(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) CONFIDENTIALITY OF ADDRESSES OF VIC-
TIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In administering the 
computerized Statewide voter registration list, 
the State shall ensure that the address of any 
individual who is registered to vote in the State 
and who provides the appropriate election offi-
cial with the documentation described in sub-
paragraph (B), as well as the address of any 
other individual who resides at that address, 
does not appear within the database and is not 
otherwise accessible to any person who is not an 
election official. 
‘‘(B) DOCUMENTATION.—The documenta-
tion described in this subparagraph is— 
‘‘(i) a copy of an order of protection 
issued by a judicial authority to protect the
individual from domestic violence, sexual 
abuse, or stalking; or 
‘‘(ii) an affidavit stating that the indi-
vidual is a victim of domestic violence, sex-
ual abuse, or stalking. 
‘‘(C) INFORMATION.—The State shall take 
such steps as may be required to ensure that 
individuals registered to vote in the State and 
individuals applying to register to vote in the 
State, as well as all election officials in the 
State, are aware of the requirements of this 
paragraph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 303(d)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and 
(C)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CONFIDEN-
TIALITY REQUIREMENTS.—Each State and ju-
risdiction shall be required to comply with the
requirements of subsection (a)(6) on and after 
January 1, 2006.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 257(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15407(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2006, such sums as may be 
necessary for States to meet the requirements of sec-
tion 303(a)(6), except that the amounts made avail-
able pursuant to the authorization under this para-
graph may be used only to meet such require-
ments.’’. 
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