II 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 11, 2021 
Received 
AN ACT 
To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the 
influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules 
for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption 
measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, 
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 ‘‘For the People Act 
of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into divisions 
as follows: 
(1) Division A—Voting. 
(2) Division B—Campaign Finance. 
(3) Division C—Ethics. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Findings of general constitutional authority. 
Sec. 4. Standards for judicial review. 
DIVISION A—VOTING 
TITLE I—ELECTION ACCESS 
Sec. 1000. Short title; statement of policy. 
Subtitle A—Voter Registration Modernization 
Sec. 1000A. Short title. 
PART 1—PROMOTING INTERNET REGISTRATION 
Sec. 1001. Requiring availability of internet for voter registration. 
Sec. 1002. Use of internet to update registration information. 
Sec. 1003. Provision of election information by electronic mail to individuals 
registered to vote. 
Sec. 1004. Clarification of requirement regarding necessary information to 
show eligibility to vote. 
Sec. 1005. Prohibiting State from requiring applicants to provide more than 
last 4 digits of Social Security number. 
Sec. 1006. Report on data collection. 
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Sec. 1007. Permitting voter registration application form to serve as application 
for absentee ballot. 
Sec. 1008. Effective date. 
PART 2—AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION 
Sec. 1011. Short title; findings and purpose. 
Sec. 1012. Automatic registration of eligible individuals. 
Sec. 1013. Contributing agency assistance in registration. 
Sec. 1014. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible 
voters in existing records. 
Sec. 1015. Voter protection and security in automatic registration. 
Sec. 1016. Registration portability and correction. 
Sec. 1017. Payments and grants. 
Sec. 1018. Treatment of exempt States. 
Sec. 1019. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 1020. Definitions. 
Sec. 1021. Effective date. 
PART 3—SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION 
Sec. 1031. Same day registration. 
PART 4—CONDITIONS ON REMOVAL ON BASIS OF INTERSTATE CROSS- 
CHECKS 
Sec. 1041. Conditions on removal of registrants from official list of eligible vot-
ers on basis of interstate cross-checks. 
PART 5—OTHER INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE VOTER REGISTRATION 
Sec. 1051. Annual reports on voter registration statistics. 
Sec. 1052. Ensuring pre-election registration deadlines are consistent with tim-
ing of legal public holidays. 
Sec. 1053. Use of Postal Service hard copy change of address form to remind 
individuals to update voter registration. 
Sec. 1054. Grants to States for activities to encourage involvement of minors 
in election activities. 
Sec. 1055. Permission to place exhibits. 
Sec. 1056. Requiring States to establish and operate voter privacy programs. 
Sec. 1057. Inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and 
vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage ap-
plications. 
PART 6—AVAILABILITY OF HAVA REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS 
Sec. 1061. Availability of requirements payments under HAVA to cover costs 
of compliance with new requirements. 
PART 7—PROHIBITING INTERFERENCE WITH VOTER REGISTRATION 
Sec. 1071. Prohibiting hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registra-
tion. 
Sec. 1072. Establishment of best practices. 
PART 8—VOTER REGISTRATION EFFICIENCY ACT 
Sec. 1081. Short title. 
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