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Union Calendar No. 397 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4844 
[Report No. 109–666] 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any indi-
vidual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for 
Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with 
proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent 
fraud in Federal elections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2006 
Mr. HYDE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. MILLER of Florida, 
Mr. FEENEY, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
DOOLITTLE, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. 
EHLERS, and Mr. SOUDER 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 2, 2006] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
require any individual who desires to register or re- 
register to vote in an election for Federal office to pro-
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vide the appropriate State election official with proof 
that the individual is a citizen of the United States 
to prevent fraud in Federal elections, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Federal Election Integ-
rity Act of 2006’’ . 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING VOTERS TO PROVIDE PHOTO IDENTI-
FICATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE PHOTO IDENTIFICA-
TION
AS CONDITION
OF RECEIVING BALLOT.—Section 
303(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15483(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR VOTERS 
WHO REGISTER BY MAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FOR PRO-
VIDING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) INDIVIDUALS VOTING IN PERSON.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT
TO
PROVIDE
IDENTI-
FICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law and except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the appropriate State or local election offi-
cial may not provide a ballot for an election for 
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Federal office to an individual who desires to 
vote in person unless the individual presents to 
the official— 
‘‘(i) a government-issued, current, and 
valid photo identification; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of the regularly sched-
uled general election for Federal office held 
in November 2010 and each subsequent elec-
tion for Federal office, a government-issued, 
current, and valid photo identification for 
which the individual was required to pro-
vide proof of United States citizenship as a 
condition for the issuance of the identifica-
tion. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
PROVISIONAL
BAL-
LOT.—If an individual does not present the iden-
tification required under subparagraph (A), the 
individual shall be permitted to cast a provi-
sional ballot with respect to the election under 
section 302(a), except that the appropriate State 
or local election official may not make a deter-
mination under section 302(a)(4) that the indi-
vidual is eligible under State law to vote in the 
election unless the individual presents the identi-
fication required under subparagraph (A) to the 
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official not later than 48 hours after casting the 
provisional ballot. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS VOTING OTHER THAN IN PER-
SON.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law and except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the appropriate State or local 
election official may not accept any ballot for an 
election for Federal office provided by an indi-
vidual who votes other than in person unless the 
individual submits with the ballot— 
‘‘(i) a copy of a government-issued, 
current, and valid photo identification; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of the regularly sched-
uled general election for Federal office held 
in November 2010 and each subsequent elec-
tion for Federal office, a copy of a govern-
ment-issued, current, and valid photo iden-
tification for which the individual was re-
quired to provide proof of United States 
citizenship as a condition for the issuance 
of the identification. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR OVERSEAS MILITARY 
VOTERS.—Subparagraph (A) does not apply 
with respect to a ballot provided by an absent 
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uniformed services voter who, by reason of active 
duty or service, is absent from the United States 
on the date of the election involved. In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘absent uniformed services 
voter’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 107(1) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citi-
zens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff— 
6(1)), other than an individual described in sec-
tion 107(1)(C) of such Act. 
‘‘(3) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR IDENTIFICA-
TIONS.—For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
‘‘(A) an identification is ‘government- 
issued’ if it is issued by the Federal Government 
or by the government of a State; and 
‘‘(B) an identification is one for which an 
individual was required to provide proof of 
United States citizenship as a condition for 
issuance if the identification displays an official 
marking or other indication that the individual 
is a United States citizen.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15483) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR VOTERS 
WHO
REGISTER
BY
MAIL’’ and inserting ‘‘FOR 
PROVIDING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(a)(5)(A)(i)(II) and (b)(3)(B)(i)(II)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)(5)(A)(i)(II)’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
such Act is amended by amending the item relating to sec-
tion 303 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Computerized statewide voter registration list requirements and re-
quirements for providing photo identification.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect 
to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
office held in November 2008 and each subsequent 
election for Federal office. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
303(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE PHOTO IDENTI-
FICATION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) 
shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled 
general election for Federal office held in November 
2008 and each subsequent election for Federal office.’’. 
SEC. 3. MAKING PHOTO IDENTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE. 
(a) REQUIRING STATES
TO MAKE IDENTIFICATION 
AVAILABLE.—Section 303(b) of the Help America Vote Act 
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of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(b)), as amended by section 
2(a)(2), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) MAKING
PHOTO
IDENTIFICATIONS
AVAIL-
ABLE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—During fiscal year 
2008 and each succeeding fiscal year, each State 
shall establish a program to provide photo iden-
tifications which may be used to meet the re-
quirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) by indi-
viduals who desire to vote in elections held in the 
State but who do not otherwise possess a govern-
ment-issued photo identification. 
‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED
AT
NO 
COST
TO
INDIGENT
INDIVIDUALS.—If a State 
charges an individual a fee for providing a photo 
identification under the program established 
under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the fee charged may not exceed the 
reasonable cost to the State of providing the 
identification to the individual; and 
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‘‘(ii) the State may not charge a fee to 
any individual who provides an attestation 
that the individual is unable to afford the 
fee. 
‘‘(C) IDENTIFICATIONS
NOT
TO
BE
USED 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—Any photo identifica-
tion provided under the program established 
under subparagraph (A) may not serve as a gov-
ernment-issued photo identification for purposes 
of any program or function of a State or local 
government other than the administration of 
elections.’’. 
(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES TO COVER COSTS.—Subtitle 
D of title II of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15321 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new part: 
‘‘PART 7—PAYMENTS TO COVER COSTS OF PRO-
VIDING PHOTO IDENTIFICATIONS TO INDI-
GENT INDIVIDUALS 
‘‘SEC. 297. PAYMENTS TO COVER COSTS TO STATES OF PRO-
VIDING PHOTO IDENTIFICATIONS FOR VOT-
ING TO INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—The Commission shall 
make payments to States to cover the costs incurred in pro-
viding photo identifications under the program established 
under section 303(b)(4) to individuals who are unable to 
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afford the fee that would otherwise be charged under the 
program. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the pay-
ment made to a State under this part for any year shall 
be equal to the amount of fees which would have been col-
lected by the State during the year under the program es-
tablished under section 303(b)(4) but for the application of 
section 303(b)(4)(B)(ii), as determined on the basis of infor-
mation furnished to the Commission by the State at such 
time and in such form as the Commission may require. 
‘‘SEC. 297A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for payments 
under this part such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the item relat-
ing to subtitle D of title II the following: 
‘‘PART 7—PAYMENTS TO COVER COSTS OF PROVIDING PHOTO IDENTIFICATIONS 
TO INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS 
‘‘Sec. 297. Payments to cover costs to States of providing photo identifications for 
voting to indigent individuals. 
‘‘Sec. 297A. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect October 1, 2007. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each indi-
vidual who desires to vote in an election for Federal of-
fice to provide the appropriate election official with a gov-
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ernment-issued photo identification, and for other pur-
poses.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 397 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4844 
[Report No. 109–666] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 to require any individual who desires to 
register or re-register to vote in an election for 
Federal office to provide the appropriate State 
election official with proof that the individual is 
a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud in 
Federal elections, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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