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Union Calendar No. 61 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1281 
[Report No. 110–101] 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain deceptive practices 
in Federal elections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2007 
Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. HARE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
ORTIZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. REYES, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 
California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
SHULER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. WOOL-
SEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
APRIL 18, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. WATT, Mr. 
WYNN, and Mr. PRICE of North Carolina 
APRIL 18, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[Omit the part struck through] 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain 
deceptive practices in Federal elections, 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 ‘‘Deceptive Practices 
and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DECEPTIVE PRACTICES IN FED-
ERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 618. Deceptive practices in Federal elections 
‘‘(a) Whoever, within 60 days before a Federal elec-
tion, knowingly communicates false election-related infor-
mation about that election, with intent to prevent another 
person from exercising the right to vote in that election, 
or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or im-
prisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) As used in this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘Federal election’ means any gen-
eral, primary, run-off, or special election for the of-
fice of President, Vice President, presidential elector, 
Member of the Senate, Member of the House of 
Representatives, or Delegate or Commissioner from 
a territory or possession; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘election related information’ 
means information regarding— 
‘‘(A) the time, place, or manner of con-
ducting the election; 
‘‘(B) the qualifications for or restrictions 
on voter eligibility for the election, including— 
‘‘(i) any criminal penalties associated 
with voting in the election by ineligible vot-
ers; or 
‘‘(ii) information regarding a voter’s 
registration status or eligibility; 
‘‘(C) with respect to a closed primary elec-
tion, the political party affiliation of any can-
didate for office, if the communication of the 
information also contains false information de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B); or 
‘‘(D) the explicit endorsement by any per-
son or organization of a candidate running for 
any office voted on in the election.’’. 
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