Title: Voter Roll Integrity Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Voter Roll Integrity Act of 2017
This bill requires states to obtain certain information before removing a registrant from the official list of eligible voters for federal elections when the removal is based on cross-checking voter information with other states. The bill also requires (1) the state to notify a registrant of the pending removal; and (2) the removal to be completed no later than six months before an election, where currently a removal may be completed 90 days before.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3091 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3091

   To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to limit the 
 authority of State election officials to remove registrants from the 
official list of eligible voters in elections for Federal office in the 
 State on the basis of interstate cross-checks, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2017

Mr. Pocan (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to limit the 
 authority of State election officials to remove registrants from the 
official list of eligible voters in elections for Federal office in the 
 State on the basis of interstate cross-checks, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Roll Integrity Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS ON REMOVAL OF REGISTRANTS FROM OFFICIAL LIST OF 
              ELIGIBLE VOTERS ON BASIS OF INTERSTATE CROSS-CHECKS.

    (a) Minimum Information Required for Removal Under Cross-Check.--
Section 8(c)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 
U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (F); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraphs:
    ``(B) To the extent that the program carried out by a State under 
subparagraph (A) to systematically remove the names of ineligible 
voters from the official lists of eligible voters uses information 
obtained in an interstate cross-check, the State may not remove the 
name of the voter from such a list unless--
            ``(i) the State obtained the voter's full name (including 
        the voter's middle name, if any) and date of birth, and the 
        last 4 digits of the voter's social security number, in the 
        interstate cross-check; or
            ``(ii) the State obtained documentation from the ERIC 
        system that the voter is no longer a resident of the State.
    ``(C) Prior to removing the name of a voter from the official lists 
of eligible voters on the basis of information obtained in an 
interstate cross-check, the State shall transmit a notification to the 
voter that the voter is to be removed from the list on the basis of 
such information, and shall include in the notification the 
identification of the State from which the information was obtained.
    ``(D) The State shall ensure that any personally-identifiable 
information relating to a voter that is obtained in an interstate 
cross-check is secured and maintained in a manner that does not permit 
any person other than the appropriate State election official to 
determine the identity of the voter.
    ``(E) In this paragraph--
            ``(i) the term `interstate cross-check' means the 
        transmission of information from an election official in one 
        State to an election official of another State; and
            ``(ii) the term `ERIC system' means the system operated by 
        the Electronic Registration Information Center to share voter 
        registration information and voter identification information 
        among participating States.''.
    (b) Requiring Completion of Cross-Checks Not Later Than 6 Months 
Prior to Election.--Subparagraph (A) of section 8(c)(2) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``not later than 90 days'' 
and inserting the following: ``not later than 90 days (or, in the case 
of a program in which the State uses interstate cross-checks, not later 
than 6 months)''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (F) of section 8(c)(2) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``Subparagraph 
(A)'' and inserting ``This paragraph''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to elections held on or after the expiration of the 6-
month period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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