H.R. 5799 (IH) - To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. - BILLS-112hr5799ih | Content Details

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Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
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Congress Number

112th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

May 17, 2012

Action

Mr. Lewis of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Baca, Ms. Bass of California, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Clarke of Michigan, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Hahn, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Luján, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meeks, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Peters, Mr. Pierluisi, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sires, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Stark, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Towns, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Keating, and Mr. Bishop of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Bill Number

H.R. 5799

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Full Title

To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

John Lewis(GA)

Cosponsors

James E. Clyburn (SC); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Robert A. Brady (PA); John Conyers, Jr. (MI); Joe Baca (CA); Karen Bass (CA); Xavier Becerra (CA); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU); Bruce L. Braley (IA); Corrine Brown (FL); G. K. Butterfield (NC); Russ Carnahan (MO); Andre Carson (IN); Kathy Castor (FL); Donna M. Christensen (VI); Judy Chu (CA); David N. Cicilline (RI); Hansen Clarke (MI); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Wm. Lacy Clay (MO); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Steve Cohen (TN); Gerald E. Connolly (VA); Joe Courtney (CT); Joseph Crowley (NY); Elijah E. Cummings (MD); Susan A. Davis (CA); Danny K. Davis (IL); Peter A. DeFazio (OR); Diana DeGette (CO); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Theodore E. Deutch (FL); John D. Dingell (MI); Michael F. Doyle (PA); Donna F. Edwards (MD); Keith Ellison (MN); Eliot L. Engel (NY); Anna G. Eshoo (CA); Sam Farr (CA); Chaka Fattah (PA); Bob Filner (CA); Marcia L. Fudge (OH); Charles A. Gonzalez (TX); Al Green (TX); Gene Green (TX); Raul M. Grijalva (AZ); Luis V. Gutierrez (IL); Janice Hahn (CA); Colleen Hanabusa (HI); Alcee L. Hastings (FL); Brian Higgins (NY); Maurice D. Hinchey (NY); Ruben Hinojosa (TX); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Rush Holt (NJ); Michael M. Honda (CA); Steve Israel (NY); Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL); Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX); Marcy Kaptur (OH); Dale E. Kildee (MI); Ron Kind (WI); James R. Langevin (RI); Rick Larsen (WA); John B. Larson (CT); Barbara Lee (CA); Sander M. Levin (MI); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Ben Ray Lujan (NM); Carolyn B. Maloney (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Carolyn McCarthy (NY); Betty McCollum (MN); Jim McDermott (WA); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); George Miller (CA); Gwen Moore (WI); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Grace F. Napolitano (CA); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ); Gary C. Peters (MI); Pedro R. Pierluisi (PR); Chellie Pingree (ME); David E. Price (NC); Mike Quigley (IL); Charles B. Rangel (NY); Silvestre Reyes (TX); Laura Richardson (CA); Cedric L. Richmond (LA); Steven R. Rothman (NJ); Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD); Bobby L. Rush (IL); Tim Ryan (OH); Loretta Sanchez (CA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Adam B. Schiff (CA); Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); David Scott (GA); Jose E. Serrano (NY); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Albio Sires (NJ); Adam Smith (WA); Fortney Pete Stark (CA); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Paul Tonko (NY); Edolphus Towns (NY); Chris Van Hollen (MD); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Maxine Waters (CA); Melvin L. Watt (NC); Henry A. Waxman (CA); Peter Welch (VT); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Lynn C. Woolsey (CA); William R. Keating (MA); Timothy H. Bishop (NY)

Committees

Committee on Education and the Workforce (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on House Administration (Standing), Committee on the Judiciary (Standing), Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Standing), Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Standing)

United States Code References

2 U.S.C. 431
3 U.S.C. 6
5 U.S.C. 7323(b) and Chapters 57 and 63
18 U.S.C. 594, 612, 613, 614 and Chapter 29
20 U.S.C. 1001, 1094 and 9871
28 U.S.C. 994 and 994
29 U.S.C. 701et seq.
42 U.S.C. 12101, 15325, 15330, 15371, 15381, 15401, 15402, 15403, 15404, 15407, 15421, 15424, 15462, 15481, 15482, 15483, 15501, 15511, 1971, 1973, 1973c, 1973ee, 1973ee-1, 1973ff, 1973ff-1, 1973ff-3, 1973ff-4, 1973gg, 1973gg-10, 1973gg-3, 1973gg-5, 1973gg-6, 1973gg-7, 1973gg-8, 1974, 1983 and 501
50 U.S.C. App. 595