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Union Calendar No. 347 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3962 
[Report No. 117–443, Part I] 
To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards 
for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or 
affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize 
notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require 
any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer 
of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates 
to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer’s 
State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Ms. DEAN (for herself, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs. KIM of California, 
Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. 
GOODEN of Texas, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. HERRERA 
BEUTLER, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BUDD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
MOONEY, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BARR, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. WEXTON, and 
Mr. GUEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
JULY 26, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. POCAN, Mr. HILL, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. CROW, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. BUR-
GESS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. FOS-
TER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. CORREA, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. BACON, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. LIEU, 
Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. STEUBE, Ms. GRANGER, 
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Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. CRAWFORD, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
CRIST, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. 
WOMACK, Mr. ESTES, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. KELLER, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MANN, Mr. 
DONALDS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. ROSE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
HUDSON, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. MULLIN, 
Ms. PORTER, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mrs. BICE 
of Oklahoma, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SCAN-
LON, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. 
FALLON, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. KIND, Ms. SCHRIER, 
Ms. SPEIER, Ms. OMAR, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LARSEN 
of Washington, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, 
Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. WILD, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. EVANS, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. TRONE, Mr. MFUME, Mr. SARBANES, 
Ms. KUSTER, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 
Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. TITUS, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia 
JULY 26, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JULY 26, 2022 
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 17, 2021] 
A BILL 
To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish 
minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and re-
mote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate com-
merce, to require any Federal court to recognize 
notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any 
State, to require any State to recognize notarizations 
performed by a notarial officer of any other State when 
the notarization was performed under or relates to a 
public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial 
officer’s State or when the notarization occurs in or 
affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Securing and Enabling 
Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act 
of 2022’’ or the ‘‘SECURE Notarization Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘‘communication technology’’, with respect to a nota-
rization, means an electronic device or process that 
allows the notary public performing the notarization, 
a remotely located individual, and (if applicable) a 
credible witness to communicate with each other si-
multaneously by sight and sound during the notariza-
tion. 
(2) ELECTRONIC; ELECTRONIC
RECORD; ELEC-
TRONIC
SIGNATURE; 
INFORMATION; 
PERSON; 
RECORD.—The terms ‘‘electronic’’, ‘‘electronic record’’, 
‘‘electronic signature’’, ‘‘information’’, ‘‘person’’, and 
‘‘record’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 106 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and 
National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7006). 
(3) LAW.—The term ‘‘law’’ includes any statute, 
regulation, rule, or rule of law. 
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(4) NOTARIAL OFFICER.—The term ‘‘notarial of-
ficer’’ means— 
(A) a notary public; or 
(B) any other individual authorized to per-
form a notarization under the laws of a State 
without a commission or appointment as a no-
tary public. 
(5) NOTARIAL OFFICER’S STATE; NOTARY PUB-
LIC’S STATE.—The term ‘‘notarial officer’s State’’ or 
‘‘notary public’s State’’ means the State in which a 
notarial officer, or a notary public, as applicable, is 
authorized to perform a notarization. 
(6) NOTARIZATION.—The term ‘‘notarization’’— 
(A) means any act that a notarial officer 
may perform under— 
(i) Federal law, including this Act; or 
(ii) the laws of the notarial officer’s 
State; and 
(B) includes any act described in subpara-
graph (A) and performed by a notarial officer— 
(i) with respect to— 
(I) a tangible record; or 
(II) an electronic record; and 
(ii) for— 
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(I) an individual in the physical 
presence of the notarial officer; or 
(II) a remotely located individual. 
(7) NOTARY PUBLIC.—The term ‘‘notary public’’ 
means an individual commissioned or appointed as a 
notary public to perform a notarization under the 
laws of a State. 
(8) PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE.—The term ‘‘per-
sonal knowledge’’, with respect to the identity of an 
individual, means knowledge of the identity of the in-
dividual through dealings sufficient to provide reason-
able certainty that the individual has the identity 
claimed. 
(9) REMOTELY LOCATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘‘remotely located individual’’, with respect to a nota-
rization, means an individual who is not in the phys-
ical presence of the notarial officer performing the no-
tarization. 
(10) REQUIREMENT.—The term ‘‘requirement’’ 
includes a duty, a standard of care, and a prohibi-
tion. 
(11) 
SIGNATURE.—The 
term 
‘‘signature’’ 
means— 
(A) an electronic signature; or 
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