I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6492 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require that States certify 
that aliens are prohibited from voting in elections for State or local 
office as a condition of receiving funds under such Act, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2010 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Ms. FOXX, and Mr. CULBERSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require 
that States certify that aliens are prohibited from voting 
in elections for State or local office as a condition of 
receiving funds under such Act, 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 ‘‘Voter Integrity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON VOTING BY ALIENS AS CONDITION 
OF RECEIVING CERTAIN FUNDS UNDER HELP 
AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IX of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15541 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 907. PROHIBITION ON VOTING BY ALIENS AS CONDI-
TION OF RECEIVING CERTAIN FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A grant or other payment under 
this Act may not be made to a State after the date of 
the enactment of this section unless such State certifies 
that— 
‘‘(1) with respect to an election for State or 
local office administered by such State or a unit of 
local government in such State after the date of the 
receipt of such grant or other payment, at the time 
of such certification and at the time of such election, 
the laws of such State prohibit an alien from voting 
in such election; and 
‘‘(2) such State will make a good-faith effort to 
enforce the prohibition described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) FALSE CERTIFICATION.—If a Federal agency 
making a grant or other payment to a State under this 
Act determines that such State has made a false certifi-
cation under subsection (a)— 
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‘‘(1) such State shall repay to the United 
States an amount equal to the portion of all grants 
or other payments under this Act made by such 
agency and received by such State during the period 
beginning on the day after the date of the enactment 
of this section and ending on the date of the deter-
mination; and 
‘‘(2) an additional grant or other payment 
under this Act may not be made to such State 
until— 
‘‘(A) the repayment required by paragraph 
(1) has been completed; and 
‘‘(B) such State demonstrates to the satis-
faction of the Federal agency making such 
grant or other payment that the certifications 
required by subsection (a) are true. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) VOTING BY CERTAIN ALIEN MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to prohibit a State from allowing to 
vote in an election for State or local office a person 
who may be naturalized under section 329 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) by 
reason of active-duty service as a member of the Se-
lected Reserve of the Ready Reserve or in an active- 
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duty status in the military, air, or naval forces of 
the United States during the period designated by 
the President in Executive Order 13269. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN FUNDS FOR ASSISTING ABSENT 
UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS AND OVERSEAS VOT-
ERS.—This section shall not apply with respect to 
requirements 
payments 
described 
in 
section 
251(b)(3). 
‘‘(d) ALIEN DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘alien’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15301 note) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
906 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 907. Prohibition on voting by aliens as condition of receiving certain 
funds.’’. 
Æ 
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