A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit States to require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in elections for Federal office.

Bill: 113-s-1336
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-07-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Federal preemption

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to allow states to require proof of citizenship for voter registration.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 144 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1336 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 18, 2013 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Vitter , Mr. Lee , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Coburn , Mr. Cochran , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin , and Mr. Risch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and ordered placed on the calendar A BILL To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit States to require proof of citizenship for registration to vote in elections for Federal office.

1. States permitted to require proof of citizenship for voter registration Section 6 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 1973gg–4 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Proof of citizenship Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to preempt any State law requiring evidence of citizenship in order to complete any requirement to register to vote in elections for Federal office. .

July 18, 2013 Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar