I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8781 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals applying 
to register to vote in elections for Federal office to provide a complete 
Social Security number with the application, to require States to use 
Social Security numbers to cross-check the identifications of individuals 
who vote in elections for Federal office in the State with the identifica-
tions of individuals who are registered to vote in such elections, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 
Mr. BANKS 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 require 
individuals applying to register to vote in elections for 
Federal office to provide a complete Social Security num-
ber with the application, to require States to use Social 
Security numbers to cross-check the identifications of 
individuals who vote in elections for Federal office in 
the State with the identifications of individuals who are 
registered to vote in such elections, and for other pur-
poses. 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Faith in Our 
Elections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR VOTER REGISTRA-
TION TO PROVIDE FULL SOCIAL SECURITY 
NUMBERS. 
(a) 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.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO CER-
TAIN
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 individ-
ual’s full Social Security number; and’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO WAIV-
ER OF PRIVACY ACT.—Section 303(c) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 21083(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(c) PERMITTED USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUM-
BERS.—Section 7 of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 
552a note) does not apply to the use of a Social Security 
number 
under 
subsection 
(a)(5)(A) 
or 
subsection 
(b)(3)(B)(i).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held in 
2022 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 3. USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO CROSS- 
CHECK IDENTIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS 
CASTING BALLOTS IN ELECTIONS WITH INDI-
VIDUALS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ELEC-
TIONS. 
(a) REQUIRING
CROSS-CHECK
OF
IDENTIFICA-
TIONS.—Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306; and 
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 
new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 304. USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO CROSS- 
CHECK IDENTIFICATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS 
CASTING BALLOTS IN AN ELECTION WITH IN-
DIVIDUALS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE 
ELECTION. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Immediately upon the closing 
of the polls in an election for Federal office, each State 
shall verify the identification of each individual who cast 
a ballot in the election by carrying out a cross-check of 
the individual’s identification with the individual’s identi-
fication in the official list of individuals who are registered 
to vote in the election, using the individual’s full Social 
Security number as the method for determining the indi-
vidual’s identification. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 7 days 
after the closing of the polls in an election for Federal 
office, the State shall submit to the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate a 
report on the State’s compliance with subsection (a), and 
shall include in the report— 
‘‘(1) the percentage of individuals who cast 
votes in the election whose identifications were 
verified by the State under such subsection; and 
‘‘(2) the number of individuals who cast votes 
in the election, or who attempted to cast votes in the 
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election, whose identifications could not be verified 
by the State under such subsection. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to elections held in 2022 or any succeeding 
year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘303, and 
304’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 
306; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Use of Social Security numbers to cross-check identifications of indi-
viduals casting ballots in an election with individuals registered 
to vote in the election.’’. 
Æ 
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