I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 322 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 to promote integrity in voter registration, the casting 
of ballots, and the tabulation of ballots in elections for Federal office, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2021 
Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. HERN, Mr. NOR-
MAN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. PFLUGER, Ms. HERRELL, 
Mr. MEUSER, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BARR, 
Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, 
Mr. BABIN, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. ADER-
HOLT, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. 
POSEY, and Mr. RESCHENTHALER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to promote integrity 
in voter registration, the casting of ballots, and the tab-
ulation of ballots in elections for Federal office, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Save Democracy Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress recognizes that the legitimacy of 
the United States representative democracy rests on 
the integrity of our Federal elections and confidence 
our citizens have in them. 
(2) Consistent with article I, section 4, clause 
1 of the Constitution of the United States and the 
principles of federalism, primary authority to regu-
late Federal elections is reserved to the States, while 
Congress’s role is secondary. 
(3) While exercising its primary role in deter-
mining the manner in which Federal elections shall 
be carried out, States must seek to protect the fair-
ness, accessibility, and integrity of the elections. 
(4) Congress should limit its secondary role in 
regulating Federal elections to instances in which 
State regulation of Federal elections has contributed 
to or proven unsuccessful in preventing impropriety. 
SEC. 2. INTEGRITY IN VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) PROHIBITING AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRA-
TION.—Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(j) PROHIBITING REGISTRATION PURSUANT
TO 
AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—A State may not register 
an individual to vote in elections for Federal office 
pursuant to an automatic voter registration system. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, an 
‘automatic voter registration system’ means, with re-
spect to a State, a system that registers an indi-
vidual to vote in elections for Federal office in the 
State, if eligible, by electronically transferring the 
information necessary for registration from govern-
ment agencies to election officials of the State so 
that, unless the individual affirmatively declines to 
be registered, the individual will be registered to vote 
in such elections.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITING REGISTRATION TO VOTE OF INDI-
VIDUALS WHO FAIL TO PROVIDE PROOF OF UNITED 
STATES CITIZENSHIP.—Section 8 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507), as amended 
by subsection (a), is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (l); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITING REGISTRATION OF INDIVIDUALS 
NOT PROVIDING PROOF OF UNITED STATES CITIZEN-
SHIP.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, a State may not register an in-
dividual to vote in elections for Federal office held 
in the State unless, at the time the individual ap-
plies to register to vote, the individual provides docu-
mentary proof that the individual is a citizen of the 
United States, which shall consist of any of the fol-
lowing (or a photocopy thereof): 
‘‘(A) A certified birth certificate issued by 
a State or unit of local government in a State. 
‘‘(B) A valid United States passport. 
‘‘(C) A Consular Report of Birth Abroad 
issued by the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(D) A Naturalization Certificate or Cer-
tificate of Citizenship issued by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) applies 
with respect to an individual who applies to register 
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to vote under section 5, 6, or 7 (including an indi-
vidual who submits the mail voter registration appli-
cation form prescribed by the Election Assistance 
Commission pursuant to section 9), or who applies 
under any other method of voter registration avail-
able in the State.’’. 
(c) REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR VOTER REGISTRA-
TION TO PROVIDE FULL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Section 303(a)(5)(A) of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
21083(a)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE 
FULL
SOCIAL
SECURITY
NUMBER.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, an applica-
tion for voter registration for an election for 
Federal office may not be accepted or processed 
by a State unless the application includes the 
applicant’s full Social Security number.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
CERTAIN VOTERS REGISTERING BY MAIL.—Section 
303(b)(3)(B)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
21083(b)(3)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘either— 
’’ and all that follows through ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘the individual’s full Social Security number; and’’. 
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