I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 860 
To require States to obtain information from Social Security Administration 
on deaths for purposes of voter registration list maintenance, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 
Mr. BABIN (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PERRY, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
BUDD, Mr. POSEY, Mr. KELLER, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIF-
FANY, and Mr. ALLEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require States to obtain information from Social Security 
Administration on deaths for purposes of voter registra-
tion list maintenance, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘You Must Be Alive 
To Vote Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES TO OBTAIN INFORMATION 
FROM SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
ON DEATHS FOR PURPOSES OF VOTER REG-
ISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20507(a)(4)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) the death of the registrant, as deter-
mined on the basis of information obtained 
through records of the State and of information 
obtained through ongoing consultation with the 
Social Security Administration; or’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO MATCH DATA.—Section 205(r) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) The Commissioner of Social Security shall, 
upon the request of a State pursuant to section 8(a)(4)(A) 
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993— 
‘‘(A) enter into an agreement with the State for 
the purpose of matching data in the records of the 
Social Security Administration and the official list of 
eligible voters of the State; and 
‘‘(B) include in such agreement safeguards to 
assure the maintenance of the confidentiality of any 
information disclosed.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION; ENFORCEMENT.— 
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(1) CERTIFICATION.—Each State shall certify, 
with respect to each calendar year, to the Secretary 
of Education and the Secretary of Transportation 
that the State has in place an agreement with the 
Social Security Administration to share death infor-
mation for purposes of section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993. 
(2) PENALTIES
FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE.—With 
respect to any calendar year in which a State has 
failed to so certify, the Secretaries of Education and 
Transportation may not make available any Federal 
funds to the State, any county within the State, or 
any resident of the State. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the 
United States and the District of Columbia; and 
(2) the term ‘‘county’’ means a parish in Lou-
isiana, a borough in Alaska, or a county in the other 
48 States. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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