Title: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to eliminate reliance on the change of address information provided by the United States Postal Service for the purpose of removing ineligible voters from the official list of voters in a State, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This bill revises requirements related to voter removal programs.
Currently, each state must conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters by reason of (1) the death of the voter, or (2) a change in the residence of the voter. A state may meet this requirement by establishing a program under which change-of-address information is provided by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). This bill removes the ability of states to rely on this change-of-address information provided by the USPS for the purpose of removing the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8222 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8222

   To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to eliminate 
 reliance on the change of address information provided by the United 
  States Postal Service for the purpose of removing ineligible voters 
  from the official list of voters in a State, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2022

  Mr. Palmer 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 eliminate 
 reliance on the change of address information provided by the United 
  States Postal Service for the purpose of removing ineligible voters 
  from the official list of voters in a State, 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. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO VOTER REMOVAL PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 8(c) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Voter Removal Programs.--(1) A State shall complete, not 
later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election 
for Federal office, any program the purpose of which is to 
systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official 
lists of eligible voters.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to preclude--
            ``(A) the removal of names from official lists of voters on 
        a basis described in paragraph (3)(A) or (B) or (4)(A) of 
        subsection (a); or
            ``(B) correction of registration records pursuant to this 
        Act.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 8 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4)(B), by striking ``subsections (b), 
        (c), and (d)'' and inserting ``subsections (b) and (d)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``subsections (c) and 
        (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)''.
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