I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4126 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each 
voter registration agency in a State which requires an individual to 
present a government-issued photo identification as a condition of voting 
in an election for Federal office to provide such an identification without 
charge upon request to any such individual who does not otherwise 
possess one, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2012 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ELLISON, and Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY) 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 
require each voter registration agency in a State which 
requires an individual to present a government-issued 
photo identification as a condition of voting in an election 
for Federal office to provide such an identification with-
out charge upon request to any such individual who 
does not otherwise possess one, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voter ID Accessibility 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES WITH PHOTO IDENTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING TO PROVIDE 
IDENTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT 
IDENTIFICATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 7 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–5) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROVISION
OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION
BY 
STATES REQUIRING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AS CONDI-
TION OF VOTING.—If a State has in effect a requirement 
that an individual present a government-issued photo 
identification as a condition of voting in an election for 
Federal office held in the State (or, in the case of an indi-
vidual who wishes to vote by mail in such an election, a 
copy of a government-issued photo identification)— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an individual who is an ap-
plicant to register to vote in the State, each voter 
registration agency in the State shall, at the time 
the agency provides the individual with a voter reg-
istration application form, notify the individual of 
such requirement and provide the individual with 
such an identification without charge upon request; 
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‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who is reg-
istered to vote in the State but does not otherwise 
possess such an identification, the State shall, at 
such time and in accordance with such procedures as 
the State may require, notify the individual of such 
requirement and provide the individual with such an 
identification without charge upon request, so long 
as the State provides the individual with reasonable 
opportunities to obtain the identification prior to the 
date of the election; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of an individual who requests 
that a voter registration agency provide the indi-
vidual with such an identification under paragraph 
(1) or paragraph (2), the State shall provide the in-
dividual with such assistance without charge upon 
request as may be necessary to enable the individual 
to obtain and process any documentation necessary 
to obtain the identification.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to elections held on or 
after the 90-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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