I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 423 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prevent the addresses 
of the residences of Members of Congress from appearing on the comput-
erized Statewide voter registration lists required to be maintained by 
States under such Act, and to permit a Member of Congress who seeks 
to be a candidate for election for public office in a State to meet 
any requirement under State law to provide the appropriate election 
official with the address of the Member’s residence by providing the 
chief State election official with an affidavit certifying that the Member 
is a resident of the State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2011 
Mr. BACA 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 prevent 
the addresses of the residences of Members of Congress 
from appearing on the computerized Statewide voter reg-
istration lists required to be maintained by States under 
such Act, and to permit a Member of Congress who 
seeks to be a candidate for election for public office 
in a State to meet any requirement under State law 
to provide the appropriate election official with the ad-
dress of the Member’s residence by providing the chief 
State election official with an affidavit certifying that 
the Member is a resident of the State. 
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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 ‘‘Member Address Pri-
vacy and Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTING APPEARANCE OF ADDRESS OF RESI-
DENCE OF MEMBER OF CONGRESS ON STATE 
VOTER REGISTRATION LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(a)(3) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(3)) is 
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘, and to prevent the display on the list of 
the address of the residence of any Member of Congress 
(except as may be required for a State election official to 
verify the Member’s voter registration information). For 
purposes of the previous sentence, the term ‘Member of 
Congress’ means a Senator or a Representative in, or Del-
egate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
90-day period that begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. PERMITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SEEKING 
ELECTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE TO MEET 
DECLARATION OF RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT 
UNDER STATE LAW BY PROVIDING AFFI-
DAVIT 
CERTIFYING 
RESIDENCE 
IN 
THE 
STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, if a State imposes a requirement on an indi-
vidual who seeks to be a candidate for election for public 
office in the State to provide an election official of the 
State with the address of the individual’s residence, a 
Member of Congress may meet the requirement by filing 
a signed affidavit with the chief State election official cer-
tifying that the Member is a resident of the State. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In subsection (a)— 
(1) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ of a State 
is the individual designated by the State under sec-
tion 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–8) to be responsible for the 
coordination of the State’s responsibilities under 
such Act; 
(2) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 
Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress; and 
(3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
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of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
Æ 
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