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<dc:title>113 S1336 PCS: 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.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<calendar>Calendar No. 144</calendar>
		<congress>113th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 1336</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date>July 18, 2013</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S355">Mr. Cruz</sponsor> (for himself,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S299">Mr. Vitter</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S346">Mr.
			 Lee</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S287">Mr. Cornyn</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S301">Mr. Coburn</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S136">Mr.
			 Cochran</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S266">Mr. Crapo</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="S261">Mr. Sessions</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S345">Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin</cosponsor>, and
			 <cosponsor name-id="S323">Mr. Risch</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill;
			 which was read twice and ordered placed on the calendar</action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>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.</official-title>
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		<section id="id1D788606A5704EF08D4EB8722EFEA699" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>States permitted to require
			 proof of citizenship for voter registration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the National Voter Registration
			 Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-4">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–4</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following
			 new subsection:</text>
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				<subsection id="id92AA8CE178B84AC88EF54A9A66415AA0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Proof of
				citizenship</header><text>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.</text>
				</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
		</section></legis-body>
	<endorsement>
		<action-date>July 18, 2013</action-date>
		<action-desc>Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar</action-desc>
	</endorsement>
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