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 ‘‘Securing And 
Verifying Elections in America Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Amer-
ica Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING REGISTRATION TO VOTE OF INDIVID-
UALS WHO FAIL TO PROVIDE PROOF OF 
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(j) PROHIBITING REGISTRATION OF INDIVIDUALS 
NOT PROVIDING PROOF OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN-
SHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, a State may not register an in-
dividual to vote in elections for Federal office held 
in the State unless, at the time the individual ap-
plies to register to vote, the individual provides docu-
mentary proof that the individual is a citizen of the 
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United States, which shall consist of any of the fol-
lowing (or a photocopy thereof): 
‘‘(A) A certified birth certificate issued by 
a State or unit of local government in a State. 
‘‘(B) A valid United States passport. 
‘‘(C) A Consular Report of Birth Abroad 
issued by the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(D) A Naturalization Certificate or Cer-
tificate of Citizenship issued by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) applies 
with respect to an individual who applies to register 
to vote under section 5, 6, or 7 (including an indi-
vidual who submits the mail voter registration appli-
cation form prescribed by the Election Assistance 
Commission pursuant to section 9), or who applies 
under any other method of voter registration avail-
able in the State.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to applications for 
voter registration which are submitted on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. REQUIRING PROVISION OF IDENTIFICATION AS A 
CONDITION OF VOTING IN FEDERAL ELEC-
TIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION AS 
CONDITION OF RECEIVING BALLOT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(b) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(b)) is 
amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR VOT-
ERS WHO REGISTER BY MAIL’’ and inserting 
‘‘FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) INDIVIDUALS
VOTING
IN
PERSON.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the appro-
priate State or local election official may not provide 
a ballot for an election for Federal office to an indi-
vidual who desires to vote in person unless the indi-
vidual presents to the official a current and valid 
identification issued by the State or by a unit of 
local government in the State. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS
VOTING
OTHER
THAN
IN 
PERSON.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the appropriate State or local election official 
may not accept any ballot for an election for Federal 
office provided by an individual who votes other than 
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in person unless the individual submits with the bal-
lot a copy of a current and valid identification issued 
by the State or by a unit of local government in the 
State. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) do 
not apply in the case of an individual who is unable 
to obtain an identification for purposes of such para-
graphs because of a reasonable impediment, as de-
termined in accordance with the law of the State in-
volved.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21083) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR VOT-
ERS WHO REGISTER BY MAIL’’ and inserting 
‘‘FOR PROVIDING IDENTIFICATION’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (a)(5)(A)(i)(II) and (b)(3)(B)(i)(II)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(5)(A)(i)(II)’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by amending the item 
relating to section 303 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 303. Computerized statewide voter registration list requirements and re-
quirements for providing identification.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect 
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to elections for Federal office held on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
303(d)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21083(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE PHOTO IDEN-
TIFICATION.—Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sub-
section (b) shall apply with respect to elections for 
Federal office held on or after the date of the enact-
ment of the SAVE America Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. 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 (52 U.S.C. 20504(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— 
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‘‘(i) to attest, under penalty of perjury, 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 attest, under penalty of perjury, wheth-
er 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-
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 2021 or any succeeding year. 
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SEC. 5. PRE-ELECTION MAINTENANCE OF OFFICIAL VOTER 
REGISTRATION LIST. 
(a) REQUIRING STATE TO CERTIFY COMPLETION OF 
PROGRAM TO REMOVE INELIGIBLE VOTERS PRIOR TO 
DATE OF ELECTION.—Section 8(c)(2)(A) of the National 
Voter 
Registration 
Act 
of 
1993 
(52 
U.S.C. 
20507(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘A State shall 
complete’’ and all that follows through ‘‘eligible voters.’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than 90 days prior 
to the date of an election for Federal office, each State 
shall certify to the Election Assistance Commission that 
the State has completed a program to remove the names 
of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters 
with respect to the election.’’. 
(b) PROVISION
OF INFORMATION
TO STATE
BY 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND SOCIAL SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION.—Section 8(c)(2) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days before the date of each 
regularly scheduled general election for Federal office— 
‘‘(i) the Postmaster General shall transmit to 
the chief State election official of a State change-of- 
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address information on individuals who, since the 
previous regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office, are no longer residents of the State; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the Director of the Social Security Admin-
istration shall transmit to the chief State election of-
ficial information on individuals from the State who 
have died since the previous regularly scheduled gen-
eral election for Federal office’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to the regularly sched-
uled general election for Federal office held in November 
2022 and each succeeding election for Federal office. 
SEC. 6. VOTING SYSTEMS RESEARCH BY NATIONAL INSTI-
TUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. 
The Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, in collaboration with the National Science 
Foundation as appropriate, shall carry out a program of 
research on voting systems, including— 
(1) the cybersecurity of different components of 
such systems; 
(2) end-to-end verifiable systems; 
(3) the timely counting, verification, and certifi-
cation of results; 
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(4) the accessibility and usability of different 
components of such systems; 
(5) voter privacy and data protection; 
(6) methods for auditing elections; 
(7) the interoperability of system technologies; 
(8) means for providing voters with the ability 
to easily check whether a ballot sent by mail has 
been dispatched to the voter and whether the voter’s 
marked ballot has been received and accepted by the 
appropriate election official; 
(9) the reliability of various approaches to voter 
authentication; 
(10) accessibility and transparency for poll 
watchers; 
(11) methods for authenticating and updating 
voter registration lists; and 
(12) such other areas of research as the Direc-
tor of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology determines to be appropriate and related to 
the security and integrity of elections for Federal of-
fice. 
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SEC. 7. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR FRAUDULENT TRANS-
MISSION OF BALLOTS BY MAIL IN FEDERAL 
ELECTIONS. 
(a) PENALTIES FOR MAIL FRAUD.—Section 1341 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘20 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years (or, in the case of a matter 
or thing consisting of a ballot in an election for Federal 
office which is placed or deposited for purposes of exe-
cuting a scheme or artifice involving multiple ballots, 30 
years)’’. 
(b) PENALTIES FOR USE OF FICTITIOUS NAME OR 
ADDRESS ON BALLOT.—Section 1343 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘five years (or, in the case of mail matter con-
sisting of a ballot in an election for Federal office which 
is transmitted for purposes of executing a scheme or arti-
fice involving multiple ballots, 10 years)’’. 
(c) PENALTIES FOR TRANSMISSION OF FRAUDULENT 
BALLOTS.—Section 12 of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) is amended by striking 
‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years (or, in the case of 
activity described in paragraph (2)(B) which involves the 
transmission of multiple ballots by mail, 10 years)’’. 
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SEC. 8. REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INCIDENTS OF FRAUD IN 
FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Attorney General 
shall establish a system through which persons may report 
incidents of fraud in elections for Federal office, including 
through a toll-free hotline and a confidential online portal. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish the system under subsection (a) not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. SEPARATE TREATMENT OF PROVISIONAL AND 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 
(a) PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.—Section 302(a)(4) of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
21082(a)(4)) is amended by striking the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘, except that the ballot shall 
be separated and held apart from the ballots cast at the 
polling place which were not provisional ballots.’’. 
(b) MAIL-IN BALLOTS.—Section 302 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS.— 
‘‘(1) SEPARATION
FROM
BALLOTS
CAST
AT 
POLLING PLACE.—The appropriate election official 
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shall ensure that ballots in an election which are 
cast by mail are separated and held apart from, and 
tabulated separately from, ballots in the election 
which are cast at a polling place. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general 
election for Federal office held in November 2022 
and each succeeding election for Federal office.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EF-
FECTIVE DATE.—Section 302(e) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
21082(e)), as redesignated by subsection (b)(1), is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in subsection (d)(2), each State’’. 
SEC. 10. CONDITIONS ON PROVISION AND ACCEPTANCE OF 
BALLOTS BY MAIL. 
(a) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—Title III of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306; and 
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. CONDITIONS ON PROVISION AND ACCEPTANCE 
OF BALLOTS BY MAIL. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION OF ABSENCE.— 
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‘‘(2) a witness observed the voter signing the 
ballot or the voter’s signature on the ballot is nota-
rized.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘303, and 
304’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 
306; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Conditions on provision and acceptance of ballots by mail.’’. 
Æ 
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