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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5776 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish standards for 
the distribution of voter registration application forms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2006 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish 
standards for the distribution of voter registration appli-
cation forms, 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 Bounty Reg-
istration Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER REG-
ISTRATION APPLICATION FORMS. 
(a) STANDARDS DESCRIBED.—Subtitle A of title III 
of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 
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et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303A. STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER 
REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORMS. 
‘‘(a) STANDARDS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual may not dis-
tribute a voter registration application form for elec-
tions for Federal office held in a State if the indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(A) is not registered to vote in elections 
for Federal office held in the State; 
‘‘(B) has been convicted of a felony under 
any State or Federal law; 
‘‘(C) does not sign and print legibly the in-
dividual’s name on the form; or 
‘‘(D) does not provide identifying informa-
tion (including the individual’s name, address, 
and other appropriate contact information, in-
cluding the name and address of any organiza-
tion which pays the individual directly or indi-
rectly to distribute such forms) to the election 
official to whom the form will be submitted 
upon completion by the applicant. 
‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
UNPAID
DISTRIBU-
TIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect 
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to the distribution of a voter registration application 
form by an individual who is not compensated di-
rectly or indirectly for the distribution of the form. 
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION OF FORMS BY INDIVIDUALS 
NOT MEETING STANDARDS.—Any individual who dis-
tributes a voter registration application form for 
elections for Federal office in a State in violation of 
subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 
fined in accordance with title 18, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT OF INELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL 
TO DISTRIBUTE FORMS.—Any person who employs 
an individual to distribute voter registration applica-
tion forms for elections for Federal office in a State 
and who knows, or should reasonably be expected to 
know, that the individual does not meet the stand-
ards described in subsection (a) shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor and fined in accordance with title 18, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to voter registration application forms distrib-
uted on or after the expiration of the 30-day period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of the Voter Bounty 
Registration Act of 2006.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 303 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 303A. Standards for distribution of voter registration application 
forms.’’. 
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