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House Bill 3162
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Protecting American Voters Act
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H. R. 3162 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 318

118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3162

[Report No. 118–389]


To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to States upon request which will enable States to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 9, 2023

Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Burgess) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

February 14, 2024

Additional sponsor: Mr. Posey

February 14, 2024

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to States upon request which will enable States to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the 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. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting American Voters Act”.

SEC. 2. Requiring provision of information upon request to enable States to verify citizenship status of applicants for voter registration and individuals on voter registration lists.

(a) Provision of information upon request.—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) Provision of information upon request To enable States To verify citizenship status of applicants and registrants.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a State election official, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration shall provide the official with such information as may be necessary to enable the official to verify that an applicant for voter registration in elections for Federal office held in the State or a registrant on the official list of eligible voters in elections for Federal office held in the State is a citizen of the United States.

“(2) USE OF SAVE SYSTEM.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may respond to a request received under paragraph (1) by using the system for the verification of immigration status under the applicable provisions of section 1137 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7), as established pursuant to section 121(c) of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–603).

“(3) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary and the Commissioner may share information with each other with respect to an individual who is the subject of a request received under paragraph (1) in order to enable the Secretary and the Commissioner to respond to the request.

“(4) PRIVACY.—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection in accordance with such safeguards as the Commissioner determines to be necessary or appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the social security account number of any individual.

“(5) PROHIBITING FEES.—The Secretary may not charge a fee for responding to a State’s request under paragraph (1).

“(6) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.”.

(b) Clarification of authority of State To remove noncitizens from official list of eligible voters.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(4) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(4)) is amended—

(A) by striking “or” at the end of subparagraph (A);

(B) by adding “or” at the end of subparagraph (B); and

(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(C) a determination that the registrant is not a citizen of the United States;”.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(c)(2)(B)(i) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking “(4)(A)” and inserting “(4)(A) or (C)”.

(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 2024.

Union Calendar No. 318

118th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 3162
[Report No. 118–389]
A BILL
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to States upon request which will enable States to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, and for other purposes.
February 14, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed