I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8924 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat the lease 
for a dwelling unit under certain federally assisted housing programs 
as a simultaneous application for voter registration in elections for Fed-
eral office, to designate owners of dwelling units under certain federally 
assisted housing programs as voter registration agencies for purposes 
of such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2020 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. FOSTER, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. TORRES
of California, and Mr. 
SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
treat the lease for a dwelling unit under certain federally 
assisted housing programs as a simultaneous application 
for voter registration in elections for Federal office, to 
designate owners of dwelling units under certain federally 
assisted housing programs as voter registration agencies 
for purposes of such Act, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Our Homes, Our Votes 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROMOTING VOTER REGISTRATION FOR RESI-
DENTS OF UNITS UNDER CERTAIN FEDER-
ALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF LEASE AS SIMULTANEOUS AP-
PLICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993 is amended by inserting after 
section 5 (52 U.S.C. 20504) the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 5A. SIMULTANEOUS APPLICATION FOR VOTER REG-
ISTRATION AND LEASE FOR PHA-ASSISTED 
HOUSING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION
FOR
VOTER
REGISTRA-
TION.—Each lease for a PHA-assisted dwelling unit 
(as such term is defined in subsection (e)) submitted 
to the applicable public housing agency for such unit 
shall serve as an application for voter registration 
with respect to elections for Federal office for each 
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lessee who signs the lease unless the lessee fails to 
sign the voter registration application. 
‘‘(2) UPDATE.—An application for voter reg-
istration submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
be considered as updating any previous voter reg-
istration by the applicant. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF INFORMATION.—No in-
formation relating to the failure of a lessee of PHA-as-
sisted dwelling unit to sign a voter registration application 
may be used for any purpose other than voter registration. 
‘‘(c) FORMS AND PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) INCLUSION.—Each owner of a PHA-as-
sisted dwelling unit shall include a voter registration 
application form for elections for Federal office as 
part of a lease for such dwelling unit. 
‘‘(2) INCLUDED INFORMATION.—The voter reg-
istration application portion of a lease for a PHA- 
assisted dwelling unit— 
‘‘(A) may not require any information that 
duplicates information required in the lease por-
tion of the form (other than a second signature 
or other information necessary under subpara-
graph (C)); 
‘‘(B) may require only the minimum 
amount of information necessary to— 
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‘‘(i) prevent duplicate voter registra-
tions; and 
‘‘(ii) enable State election officials to 
assess the eligibility of the applicant and to 
administer voter registration and other 
parts of the election process; 
‘‘(C) shall include a statement that— 
‘‘(i) states each eligibility requirement 
(including citizenship); 
‘‘(ii) contains an attestation that the 
applicant meets each such requirement; 
and 
‘‘(iii) requires the signature of the ap-
plicant, under penalty of perjury; 
‘‘(D) shall include, in print that is identical 
to that used in the attestation portion of the 
application— 
‘‘(i) the information required in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 8(a)(5) 
of this Act; 
‘‘(ii) a statement that, if an applicant 
declines to register to vote, the fact that 
the applicant has declined to register will 
remain confidential and will be used only 
for voter registration purposes; and 
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‘‘(iii) a statement that if an applicant 
does register to vote, the office at which 
the applicant submits a voter registration 
application will remain confidential and 
will be used only for voter registration pur-
poses; and 
‘‘(E) shall be made available (as submitted 
by the applicant, or in machine readable or 
other format) to the appropriate State election 
official as provided by State law. 
‘‘(d) TRANSMITTAL.— 
‘‘(1) BY OWNER.—In the case of lease for a 
PHA-assistance dwelling unit described in subsection 
(e)(1)(B), the owner of the dwelling unit shall trans-
mit a completed voter registration portion of a lease 
to the public housing agency providing assistance 
with respect to such unit not later than 10 days 
after the date of acceptance. 
‘‘(2) BY
PHA.—Subject to paragraph (3), a 
completed voter registration portion of a lease for a 
PHA-assisted dwelling unit accepted by the public 
housing agency as owner of such a dwelling unit, or 
pursuant to paragraph (1), shall be transmitted to 
the appropriate State election official not later than 
10 days after the date of acceptance. 
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‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED WITHIN 5 DAYS 
OF REGISTRATION DEADLINE.—If a registration ap-
plication is accepted by a public housing agency pur-
suant to paragraph (2) within 5 days before the last 
day for registration to vote in an election, the appli-
cation shall be transmitted to the appropriate State 
election official not later than 5 days after the date 
of acceptance. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) PHA-ASSISTED
DWELLING
UNIT.—The 
term ‘PHA-assisted dwelling unit’ means a dwelling 
unit— 
‘‘(A) in public housing, as such term is de-
fined in section 3(b) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); or 
‘‘(B) that is assisted under the program 
for tenant-based rental assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), including the program 
under paragraph (13) of such section 8(o). 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
HOUSING
AGENCY.—The term 
‘public housing agency’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
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‘‘(3) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means, with 
respect to a PHA-assisted dwelling unit— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a unit described in 
paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, the public 
housing agency that owns or operates such unit; 
or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a unit described in 
paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, the private 
person or entity having the legal right to lease 
such unit.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to leases 
entered into on or after the expiration of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) TREATMENT OF OWNERS OF UNITS AS VOTER 
REGISTRATION AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20506) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) each owner (as such term is defined in 
subsection (e)) of a dwelling unit assisted under a 
covered federally assisted housing program (as such 
term is defined in such subsection) located within 
such State, subject to section 5A in the case of an 
owner described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub-
section (e)(1), except that such an owner shall be a 
voter registration agency for purposes of this section 
only with respect to lessees of such dwelling units of 
such owner located within such State.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered federally assisted 
housing program’ means— 
‘‘(A) the public housing program under 
title I of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) the programs for rental housing as-
sistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), includ-
ing— 
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‘‘(2) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means, with 
respect to a dwelling unit assisted under a covered 
federally assisted housing program— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a dwelling unit assisted 
under a program specified in subparagraph (A) 
or (B)(1) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
the public housing agency that owns or operates 
such unit or provides rental assistance with re-
spect to such unit, as applicable; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a dwelling unit assisted 
under any other covered federally assisted hous-
ing program, the private person or entity hav-
ing the legal right to lease such unit.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to assist-
ance provided on or after the expiration of the 90- 
day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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