(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) The number of completed official 
postcard 
forms 
prescribed 
under 
section 
101(b)(2) that were completed by absent uni-
formed services members and accepted and 
transmitted. 
‘‘(D) The number of absent uniformed 
services members who declined to register to 
vote under such sections.’’. 
(b) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
REVIEWS.—Section 
105A of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a) is amended by redesig-
nating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General 
shall conduct a review of any reports submitted 
by the Presidential designee under subsection 
(b) with respect to elections occurring in cal-
endar years 2014 through 2020. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after a report is submitted by the Presidential 
designee under subsection (b), the Comptroller 
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General shall submit to the relevant committees 
of Congress a report containing the results of 
the review conducted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) MATTERS REVIEWED.—A review conducted 
under paragraph (1) shall assess— 
‘‘(A) the methodology used by the Presi-
dential designee to prepare the report and to 
develop the data presented in the report, includ-
ing the approach for designing, implementing, 
and analyzing the results of any surveys, 
‘‘(B) the effectiveness of any voting assist-
ance covered in the report provided under sub-
section (b) and provided by the Presidential 
designee to absent overseas uniformed services 
voters and overseas voters who are not members 
of the uniformed services, including an assess-
ment of— 
‘‘(i) any steps taken toward improving 
the implementation of such voting assist-
ance; and 
‘‘(ii) the extent of collaboration be-
tween the Presidential designee and the 
States in providing such voting assistance; 
and 
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‘‘(C) any other information the Comp-
troller General considers relevant to the re-
view.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 101(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (11) as paragraphs (6) through (10), 
respectively. 
(2) Section 102(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff–1(a)) is amended— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(5), 
by 
striking 
‘‘101(b)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘101(b)(6)’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(11), 
by 
striking 
‘‘101(b)(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘101(b)(10)’’. 
(3) Section 105A(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1973ff–4a(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ANNUAL REPORT’’ in the 
subsection heading and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL 
REPORT’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘In the case of’’ in para-
graph (3) and all that follows through ‘‘a de-
scription’’ and inserting ‘‘A description’’. 
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SEC. 107. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this title shall apply with 
respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-
eral office held in November 2014 and each succeeding 
election for Federal office. 
TITLE II—PROVISION OF VOTER 
ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES 
SEC. 201. PROVISION OF ANNUAL VOTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) ANNUAL VOTER ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 80 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1566a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1566b. Annual voter assistance 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out the following activities: 
‘‘(1) In coordination with the Secretary of each 
military department— 
‘‘(A) affirmatively offer, on an annual 
basis, each member of the armed forces on ac-
tive duty (other than active duty for training) 
the opportunity, through the online system de-
veloped under paragraph (2), to— 
‘‘(i) register to vote in an election for 
Federal office; 
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‘‘(ii) update the member’s voter reg-
istration information; or 
‘‘(iii) request an absentee ballot; 
‘‘(B) provide services to such members for 
the purpose of carrying out the activities in 
clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(C) require any such member who de-
clines the offer for voter assistance under sub-
paragraph (A) to indicate and record that deci-
sion. 
‘‘(2) Implement an online system that, to the 
extent practicable, is integrated with the existing 
systems of each of the military departments and 
that— 
‘‘(A) provides an electronic means for car-
rying out the requirements of paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) in the case of an individual reg-
istering to vote in a State that accepts elec-
tronic voter registration and operates its own 
electronic voter registration system using a 
form that meets the requirements for mail voter 
registration forms under section 9(b) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 
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U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)), directs such individual to 
that system; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of an individual using the 
official postcard form prescribed under section 
101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citi-
zens 
Absentee 
Voting 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1973ff(b)(2)) to register to vote and request an 
absentee ballot— 
‘‘(i) pre-populates such official post-
card form with the personal information of 
such individual, and 
‘‘(ii)(I) produces the pre-populated 
form and a pre-addressed envelope for use 
in transmitting such official postcard form; 
or 
‘‘(II) transmits the completed official 
postcard form electronically to the appro-
priate State or local election officials. 
‘‘(3) Implement a system (either independently 
or in conjunction with the online system under para-
graph (2)) by which any change of address by a 
member of the armed forces on active duty who is 
undergoing a permanent change of station, deploying 
overseas for at least six months, or returning from 
an overseas deployment of at least six months auto-
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matically triggers a notification via electronic means 
to such member that— 
‘‘(A) indicates that such member’s voter 
registration or absentee mailing address should 
be updated with the appropriate State or local 
election officials; and 
‘‘(B) includes instructions on how to up-
date such voter registration using the online 
system developed under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(b) DATA COLLECTION.—The online system devel-
oped under subsection (a)(2) shall collect and store all 
data required to meet the reporting requirements of sec-
tion 201(b) of the Safeguarding Elections for our Nation’s 
Troops through Reforms and Improvements Act and sec-
tion 105A(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a(b)(2)) in a 
manner that complies with section 552a of title 5, United 
States Code, (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 
1974) and imposes no new record management burden on 
any military unit or military installation. 
‘‘(c) TIMING OF VOTER ASSISTANCE.—To the extent 
practicable, the voter assistance under subsection (a)(1) 
shall be offered as a part of each servicemember’s annual 
training. 
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‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of De-
fense shall prescribe regulations implementing the require-
ments of subsection (a). Such regulations shall include 
procedures to inform those members of the armed forces 
on active duty (other than active duty for training) experi-
encing a change of address about the benefits of this sec-
tion and the timeframe for requesting an absentee ballot 
to ensure sufficient time for State delivery of the ballot.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 80 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1566a the following new item: 
‘‘1566b. Annual voter assistance.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the relevant com-
mittees of Congress a report on the status of the im-
plementation of the requirements of section 1566b of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a)(1). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
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(A) a detailed description of any specific 
steps already taken towards the implementation 
of the requirements of such section 1566b; 
(B) a detailed plan for the implementation 
of such requirements, including milestones and 
deadlines for the completion of such implemen-
tation; 
(C) the costs expected to be incurred in the 
implementation of such requirements; 
(D) a description of how the annual voting 
assistance and system under subsection (a)(3) 
of such section will be integrated with the appli-
cable Department of Defense personnel data-
bases that track military servicemembers’ ad-
dress changes; 
(E) an estimate of how long it will take an 
average member to complete the voter assist-
ance process required under subsection (a)(1) 
of such section; 
(F) an explanation of how the Secretary of 
Defense will collect reliable data on the utiliza-
tion of the online system under subsection 
(a)(2) of such section; and 
(G) a summary of any objections, con-
cerns, or comments made by State or local elec-
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tion officials regarding the implementation of 
such section. 
(3) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘relevant com-
mittees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, and Rules and Administration 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, and House Administration of 
the House of Representatives. 
TITLE III—ELECTRONIC VOTING 
SYSTEMS 
SEC. 301. REPEAL OF ELECTRONIC VOTING DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT. 
Section 1604 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1973ff note) is re-
pealed. 
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TITLE IV—RESIDENCY OF 
MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS 
SEC. 401. EXTENDING GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR 
VOTING PURPOSES TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF 
ABSENT MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 705 of 
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 595) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a person who is absent from a 
State because the person is accompanying the 
persons’s spouse who is absent from that same State 
in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, 
solely by reason of that absence’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
dependent of a person who is absent from a State 
in compliance with military orders shall not, solely 
by reason of absence, whether or not accompanying 
that person’’; and 
(2) in the heading by striking ‘‘SPOUSES’’ and 
inserting ‘‘DEPENDENTS’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of sec-
tion 705 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 595) is amended 
by striking ‘‘SPOUSES’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPENDENTS’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to absences from 
States described in section 705(b) of the Servicemembers 
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Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 595(b)), as amended by 
subsection (a), after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
regardless of the date of the military orders concerned. 
Æ 
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