I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7960 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for en-
hanced penalties for the transmission of fraudulent ballots in elections 
for Federal office through the use of post offices, authorized depositories 
of mail matter, or ballot drop boxes, to direct the Attorney General 
to establish a system for receiving reports of incidents of the transmission 
of such fraudulent ballots through such methods, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2024 
Mr. MEUSER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
provide for enhanced penalties for the transmission of 
fraudulent ballots in elections for Federal office through 
the use of post offices, authorized depositories of mail 
matter, or ballot drop boxes, to direct the Attorney Gen-
eral to establish a system for receiving reports of inci-
dents of the transmission of such fraudulent ballots 
through such methods, and for other purposes. 
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; FINDINGS. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Ballot Drop 
Box and Mail Fraud Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR TRANSMISSION OF 
FRAUDULENT BALLOTS IN FEDERAL ELEC-
TIONS THROUGH USE OF BALLOT DROP 
BOXES OR MAIL. 
Section 12 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—A person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) ENHANCED PENALTIES
FOR OFFENSES IN-
VOLVING USE OF BALLOT DROP BOXES OR MAIL.—A 
person who, in any election for Federal office, uses a post 
office, authorized depository of mail matter, or drop box 
which is provided by an election official for the collection 
of voted ballots to knowingly and willfully transmit a voted 
ballot that is known by the person to be materially false, 
fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in 
which the election is held, shall be fined in accordance with 
title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 
20 years plus one additional year for each such ballot the 
person transmits, or both.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REPORTING SYSTEM FOR INCIDENTS OF TRANS-
MISSION OF FRAUDULENT BALLOTS IN FED-
ERAL ELECTIONS THROUGH USE OF BALLOT 
DROP BOXES OR MAIL. 
(a) REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Attorney General 
shall establish a system through which persons may report 
incidents involving the transmission of fraudulent ballots 
in elections for Federal office through the use of a post 
office, authorized depository of mail matter, or drop box 
which is provided by an election official for the collection 
of voted ballots, including reports made through a toll-free 
hotline and a confidential online portal. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish the system under subsection (a) not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. ENSURING PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO STATE 
ELECTION 
OFFICIALS 
ON 
INDIVIDUALS 
RECUSED FROM JURY SERVICE ON GROUNDS 
OF NONCITIZENSHIP. 
(a) REQUIRING STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO CO-
ORDINATE INFORMATION ON RECUSAL AS PART OF MAIN-
TENANCE OF STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.— 
Subparagraph (A) of section 303(a)(2) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of removing names 
of ineligible voters from the official list of 
eligible voters by reason of citizenship sta-
tus, the State shall coordinate the comput-
erized list with records of courts which 
have recused individuals from serving on a 
jury on the grounds that the individuals 
are not citizens of the United States.’’. 
(b) REQUIRING NOTIFICATION BY COURTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
DESCRIBED.—If a United 
States district court or a court of any State or local 
jurisdiction recuses an individual from serving on a 
jury on the grounds that the individual is not a cit-
izen of the United States, the court shall transmit 
a notice of the individual’s recusal— 
(A) to the chief State election official of 
the State in which the individual resides; and 
(B) to the Attorney General. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
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(A) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ of a 
State is the individual designated by the State 
under section 10 of the National Voter Reg-
istration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20509) to be 
responsible for coordination of the State’s re-
sponsibilities under such Act; and 
(B) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 
Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands. 
Æ 
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