Title: Citizenship Empowerment Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Citizenship Empowerment Act
This bill requires state chief election officials to distribute mail voter registration forms to each person who becomes a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony at the ceremony's conclusion.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3770 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3770

To require the chief election officials of the States to provide voter 
registration forms at certain naturalization proceedings, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2019

Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. 
Norton, and Mr. Swalwell of California) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the chief election officials of the States to provide voter 
registration forms at certain naturalization proceedings, 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 ``Citizenship Empowerment Act''.

SEC. 2. VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(b) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505(b)) is amended by striking ``programs.'' 
and inserting ``programs, and shall distribute such forms to each 
person who becomes a citizen of the United States at a naturalization 
ceremony in that State, at the conclusion of the ceremony.''.
    (b) Federal Cooperation.--Section 9 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20508) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Special Procedures for Department of Homeland Security.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        implement such procedures as may be necessary to enable the 
        chief election officers of the States to carry out the 
        requirement under section 6(b) to provide mail voter 
        registration forms at an administrative naturalization 
        ceremony, pursuant to section 332(d) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act, or a judicial naturalization ceremony, 
        pursuant to section 310(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act.
            ``(2) Permission to place exhibits.--The Secretary of 
        Homeland Security shall implement procedures to allow the chief 
        election officer of a State to provide information about voter 
        registration, including through a display or exhibit, after the 
        conclusion of an administrative naturalization ceremony in that 
        State.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
administrative and judicial naturalization ceremonies conducted on or 
after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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