SEC. 6. NOTIFICATION OF RESTORATION OF VOTING 
RIGHTS. 
(a) STATE NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.—On the date determined 
under paragraph (2), each State shall notify in writ-
ing any individual who has been convicted of a non- 
violent criminal offense under the law of that State 
that the individual has, pursuant to this Act, the 
right to vote in an election for Federal office and to 
register to vote in any such election, subject to sec-
tion 7(c). 
(2) DATE OF NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) FELONY CONVICTION.—In the case of 
such an individual who has been convicted of a 
felony, the notification required under para-
graph (1) shall be given on the date on which 
the individual— 
(i) is sentenced to serve only a term 
of probation; or 
(ii) is released from the custody of 
that State (other than to the custody of 
another State or the Federal Government 
to serve a term of imprisonment for a fel-
ony conviction). 
(B) MISDEMEANOR
CONVICTION.—In the 
case of such an individual who has been con-
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victed of a misdemeanor, the notification re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be given on 
the date on which the individual is sentenced by 
a State court. 
(b) FEDERAL NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.—On the date determined 
under paragraph (2), the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons shall notify in writing any individual who 
has been convicted of a non-violent criminal offense 
under Federal law that the individual has, pursuant 
to this Act, the right to vote in an election for Fed-
eral office and to register to vote in any such elec-
tion, subject to section 7(c). 
(2) DATE OF NOTIFICATION.— 
(A) FELONY CONVICTION.—In the case of 
such an individual who has been convicted of a 
felony, the notification required under para-
graph (1) shall be given on the date on which 
the individual— 
(i) is sentenced to serve only a term 
of probation by a court established by an 
Act of Congress; or 
(ii) is released from the custody of the 
Bureau of Prisons (other than to the cus-
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tody of a State to serve a term of impris-
onment for a felony conviction). 
(B) MISDEMEANOR
CONVICTION.—In the 
case of such an individual who has been con-
victed of a misdemeanor, the notification re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be given on 
the date on which the individual is sentenced by 
a State court. 
SEC. 7. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) STATE LAWS RELATING TO VOTING RIGHTS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the 
States from enacting any State law which affords the right 
to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less 
restrictive than those established by this Act. 
(b) CERTAIN FEDERAL ACTS.—The rights and rem-
edies established by this Act— 
(1) are in addition to all other rights and rem-
edies provided by law; and 
(2) shall not supersede, restrict, or limit the ap-
plication of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 
U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) or the National Voter Reg-
istration Act (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 
(c) STATE LAWS RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRA-
TION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt 
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State laws relating to the timing of voter registration for 
any election for Federal office. 
SEC. 8. FEDERAL PRISON FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No State, unit of local govern-
ment, or other person may receive or use, to construct or 
otherwise improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarcer-
ation, any Federal grant amounts unless that person has 
in effect a program under which each individual incarcer-
ated in that person’s jurisdiction is notified, upon release 
from such incarceration, of that individual’s rights under 
section 3. 
(b) STATE NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NOTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENTS.—No State may receive or use, to con-
struct or otherwise improve a prison, jail, or other place 
of incarceration, any Federal grant amounts unless the 
State is in compliance with the notification requirements 
under section 6(a). 
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