Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3688
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2013-12-10
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons to include among reentry planning procedures the provision to federal prisoners of information about: (1) the laws and regulations governing the right of an individual convicted of a felony who has been released from prison to vote in each of the 50 states, and (2) any voter registration or application forms the prisoner will need to complete in order to vote in the state in which the prisoner will reside upon release.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3688 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2013 Mr. Jeffries (for himself and Ms. Meng ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the Bureau of Prisons to provide certain voting information to Federal prisoners upon their release from prison.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ex-Offender Voter Registration Act of 2013 . 2. Provision of voting information to Federal prisoners Section 4042(a)(E) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after clause (vii) the following: (viii) The laws and regulations governing the right of an individual convicted of a felony who has been released from prison to vote in each of the 50 States, and, for the State in which the prisoner will reside upon release, any voter registration or application forms that the prisoner will need to complete in order to vote. .