I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6194 
To prohibit the enforcement of any requirement that an individual produce 
a photo identification as a condition of registering to vote or voting 
in an election for Federal office unless the requirement was in effect 
as of June 25, 2013. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. TED LIEU of California, and Mr. POCAN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration 
A BILL 
To prohibit the enforcement of any requirement that an 
individual produce a photo identification as a condition 
of registering to vote or voting in an election for Federal 
office unless the requirement was in effect as of June 
25, 2013. 
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 ‘‘All Ballots Count Act 
of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PHOTO 
IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO VOTER REG-
ISTRATION.—Section 8 of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(j) PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF PHOTO IDEN-
TIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—An election official may 
not enforce any requirement that an individual 
produce a photo identification as a condition of reg-
istering to vote in an election for Federal office, ex-
cept to the extent that the requirement was in effect 
as of June 25, 2013. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to prohibit a State 
from repealing a requirement under State law that 
an individual produce a photo identification as a 
condition of registering to vote in an election for 
Federal office.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO VOTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 
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et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303A. PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN 
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—An election official may not en-
force any requirement that an individual produce a photo 
identification as a condition of voting in an election for 
Federal office, except to the extent that the requirement 
was in effect as of June 25, 2013. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to prohibit a State from repeal-
ing a requirement under State law that an individual 
produce a photo identification as a condition of voting in 
an election for Federal office.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
ENFORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ 
and inserting ‘‘303, and 303A’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 303A. Prohibiting enforcement of certain photo identification require-
ments.’’. 
Æ 
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