Voter Integrity Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-302
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-02-13
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Voter Integrity Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a federal election (unless otherwise provided for under the federal criminal code) by an alien who is unlawfully in the United States an aggravated felony and a deportable offense.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 302 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2013 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voter Integrity Protection Act . 2. Unlawful voting (a) Aggravated felony Paragraph (43) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon and and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (V) an offense described in section 611 of title 18, United States Code, committed by an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States. . (b) Deportable offense Paragraph (2) of section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Voting offenses Any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and who knowingly commits a violation of section 611 of title 18, United States Code. .