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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3555 
To require the inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases 
and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applica-
tions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2021 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. SARBANES, 
Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the inclusion of voter registration information 
with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted 
rental housing and mortgage applications, 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 ‘‘Voters on the Move 
Registration Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION WITH CERTAIN LEASES AND VOUCHERS 
FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING 
AND MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. 
(3) FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—The term 
‘‘Federal rental assistance’’ means rental assistance 
provided under— 
(A) any covered housing program, as de-
fined in section 41411(a) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12491(a)); 
(B) title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assist-
ance under section 542 of such title (42 U.S.C. 
1490r); 
(C) the Housing Trust Fund program 
under section 1338 of the Federal Housing En-
terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4588); or 
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(D) subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.). 
(4) FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORT-
GAGE
LOAN.—The term ‘‘Federally backed multi-
family mortgage loan’’ includes any loan (other than 
temporary financing such as a construction loan) 
that— 
(A) is secured by a first or subordinate lien 
on residential multifamily real property de-
signed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 
more families, including any such secured loan, 
the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 
off an existing loan secured by the same prop-
erty; and 
(B) is made in whole or in part, or in-
sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 
any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed-
eral Government or under or in connection with 
a housing or urban development program ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development or a housing or related 
program administered by any other such officer 
or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 
the Federal National Mortgage Association. 
(5) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 8(f) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)). 
(6) PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN-
CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous-
ing agency’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(7) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN.—The term 
‘‘residential mortgage loan’’ includes any loan that is 
secured by a first or subordinate lien on residential 
real property, including individual units of con-
dominiums and cooperatives, designed principally for 
the occupancy of from 1- to 4- families. 
(b) UNIFORM STATEMENT.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director, after con-
sultation with the Election Assistance Commission, 
shall develop a uniform statement designed to pro-
vide recipients of the statement pursuant to this sec-
tion with information on how the recipient can reg-
ister to vote and the voting rights of the recipient 
under law. 
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(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In developing the uni-
form statement, the Director shall be responsible 
for— 
(A) establishing the format of the state-
ment; 
(B) consumer research and testing of the 
statement; and 
(C) consulting with and obtaining from the 
Election Assistance Commission the content re-
garding voter rights and registration issues 
needed to ensure the statement complies with 
the requirements of paragraph (1). 
(3) LANGUAGES.—The uniform statement re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be developed and 
made available in English and each of the 10 lan-
guages most commonly spoken by individuals with 
limited English proficiency, as determined by the Di-
rector using information published by the Director 
of the Bureau of the Census. The Director shall 
make all translated versions of the uniform state-
ment publicly available in a centralized location on 
the Bureau’s website. 
(c) LEASES AND VOUCHERS FOR FEDERALLY AS-
SISTED RENTAL HOUSING.—Each Federal agency admin-
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istering a federal rental assistance program, as appro-
priate, shall require— 
(1) each public housing agency to provide a 
copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to 
subsection (b) to each lessee of a dwelling unit in 
public housing administered by the agency— 
(A) together with the lease for the dwelling 
unit, at the same time the lease is signed by the 
lessee; and 
(B) together with any income verification 
form, at the same time the form is provided to 
the lessee; 
(2) each public housing agency that administers 
rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher 
program under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), includ-
ing the program under paragraph (13) of such sec-
tion 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement 
developed pursuant to subsection (b) to each assisted 
family or individual— 
(A) together with the voucher for the as-
sistance, at the time the voucher is issued for 
the family or individual; and 
(B) together with any income verification 
form, at the same time the form is provided to 
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the applicant or assisted family or individual; 
and 
(3) each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with 
Federal rental assistance to provide a copy of the 
uniform statement developed pursuant to subsection 
(b) to provide to the lessee of the dwelling unit— 
(A) together with the lease for such dwell-
ing unit, at the same time the lease is signed 
by the lessee; and 
(B) together with any income verification 
form, at the same time the form is provided to 
the applicant or tenant. 
(d) APPLICATIONS
FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE 
LOANS.—The Director shall require each creditor (within 
the meaning of such term as used in section 1026.2(a)(17) 
of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations) that receives an 
application (within the meaning of such term as used in 
section 1026.2(a)(3)(ii) of title 12, Code of Federal Regu-
lations) to provide a copy of the uniform statement devel-
oped pursuant to subsection (b) in written form to the 
applicant for a residential mortgage loan not later than 
5 business days after the date of the application. 
(e) FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE 
LOANS.—The head of the Federal agency insuring, guar-
anteeing, supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed 
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multifamily mortgage loan, or the Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency in the case of a Federally backed 
multifamily mortgage loan that is purchased or securitized 
by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, shall require the 
owner of the property securing the Federally backed multi-
family mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uniform 
statement developed pursuant to subsection (b) in written 
form to each lessee of a dwelling unit assisted by that loan 
at the time the lease is signed by the lessee. 
(f) OPTIONAL COMPLETION OF VOTER REGISTRA-
TION APPLICATION.—Nothing in this section may be con-
strued to require any individual to complete a voter reg-
istration application. 
(g) REGULATIONS.—The head of a Federal agency 
administering a federal rental assistance program, the 
head of the Federal agency insuring, guaranteeing, 
supplementing, or assisting a Federally backed multi-
family mortgage loan, the Director of the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency, and the Director may issue such regula-
tions as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
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