113 S1728 RS: Safeguarding Elections for our Nation's Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act
U.S. Senate
2013-11-19
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Safeguarding Elections for our Nation's Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act
.<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments
related to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act</header><section commented="no" id="IDe5bcda561c854d1fbd37023ddb3a5640"><enum>101.</enum><header>Pre-election
reporting requirement on transmission of absentee
ballots</header><subsection commented="no" id="idCE16D642B15D4B40B2C65EE67B701B19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of
section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42
U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 90
days</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFFBD2D6EF6A4B4A8A23905A14AD7A53" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><paragraph id="ID56dad99caab94f0fb4b60c94d87dbfee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pre-election
report on absentee ballots transmitted</header><subparagraph id="id60E26A1F0432452A810FC69C6C52D2E5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 43 days
before any election for Federal office held in a State, the chief
State election official of such State shall submit
a report to the Attorney General and the Presidential designee, and
make that
report publicly available that same day, confirming—</text><clause id="idE3FE18887B864017AE97851D68D53382"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of absentee ballots
validly requested by absent uniformed services voters and overseas
voters whose
requests were received by the 46th day before the election, and</text></clause><clause id="idE8F8A33AA2614EA491849382CC70A53D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether those ballots were timely transmitted.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3294B01895AD49DC8EF5ABCF940F2B1E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text>The report under subparagraph (A) shall include the following information:</text><clause id="id173ea4b3eec343789069e5f48f95b23c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Specific information about ballot transmission, including the total numbers of ballot requests
received from such voters and ballots transmitted to such voters by the
46th day before the election from each unit of local government that will
administer the election.</text></clause><clause id="id8d1d2f34a0434de88f23391b3d247154"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the chief State election official has incomplete information on any items required to be
included in the report, an explanation of what information is incomplete
information and efforts made to acquire such information.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3DC08E901B24E07AE0DF29B5FD85F53"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirement to supplement incomplete information</header><text>If the report under subparagraph (A) has incomplete information on any items required to be
included in the report, the chief State election official shall make all
reasonable efforts to expeditiously supplement the report with complete
information.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14e9eaf55bf84809849c0cef057b7f5c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The report under subparagraph (A) shall be in a format prescribed by the Attorney General in
consultation with the chief State election officials of each State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7AA0F76C2E2B4544B2C4161C71C68935"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Post election
report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and received</header><text>Not
later than 90
days</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id862F15A16B724A909CBF032C65825F10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading for subsection (c) of section 102 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and
received</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Reports on absentee
ballots</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="IDacead6b6e3134dd48d638d7de961c49f"><enum>102.</enum><header>Transmission
requirements; repeal of waiver provision</header><subsection id="idF6B31CFE0C51462699D69BBE55DE700A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (8) of
section 102(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(42
U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1C8B1E59B8849BB84DBA5B2DE5276A1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idD362D151EFAD49FA92AFCD68F94D91A8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>transmit a
validly requested absentee ballot to an absent uniformed services
voter or
overseas voter by the date and in the manner determined under
subsection
(g);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idC36AD6999EE7416BAE4F8C2B08B2A05A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ballot
transmission requirements and repeal of waiver
provision</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 102 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1(g)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38E90786A55B464AA6DF202A513DC2AD" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><subsection id="idCE3FD276B34746AA8EB8912B743D2071"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Ballot
transmission requirements</header><paragraph id="id7124A42D313649DF970CE1A174C6DF98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(8), in the case in which a
valid request for an absentee ballot is received at least 46 days
before an
election for Federal office, the following rules shall apply:</text><subparagraph id="id4B80494A854B47EF9258CBE610DC1DBC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transmission deadline</header><text>The State shall transmit the absentee ballot not later
than 46 days before the election.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12B6F4582DC641C08FA69E6B6079D076"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rules
in case of failure to transmit on time</header><clause id="id29C2160EA3B64EEB9DC0C1BEB87537EE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the State fails to transmit any absentee ballot by the
46th day before the election as required by subparagraph (A) and
the absent
uniformed services voter or overseas voter did not request
electronic ballot
transmission pursuant to subsection (f), the State shall transmit
such ballot
by express delivery.</text></clause><clause id="id3CC73D2796EB445489EE525CD5A3CC44"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extended
failure</header><text>If the State fails to transmit any absentee ballot by the
41st day before the election, in addition to transmitting the
ballot as
provided in clause (i), the State shall—</text><subclause id="id7D6DC537515643D081474BC119439842"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of
absentee ballots requested by absent uniformed services voters with
respect to
regularly scheduled general elections, notify such voters of the
procedures
established under section 103A for the collection and delivery of
marked
absentee ballots; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6F8DBF18A89B4E8DA0A85A9E4C58EAFA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in any other
case, provide for the return of such ballot by express
delivery.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id6FBFDD1632924B888FCE35AEBA8F8C51"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Cost of express delivery</header><text>In any case in which express delivery is required under this subparagraph, the cost of such express
delivery—</text><subclause id="id2376CBFAF38E44FB8F8BA77DEA05E51C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall not be paid by the voter, and</text></subclause><subclause id="id57CFB8AEA96E4AF289799AF688FA78E7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may be required by the State to be paid by a local jurisdiction if the State determines that
election officials in such jurisdiction are responsible for the failure to
transmit the ballot by any date required under this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id695E338DA76C45DFAB792090ED985A05"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>A
State’s compliance with this subparagraph does not bar the Attorney
General
from seeking additional remedies necessary to effectuate the
purposes of this
Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id21CB59F92164466CA74D8FE2BAB0F6B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests
received after 46th day before election</header><text>For purposes of
subsection (a)(8), in the case in which a valid request for an
absentee ballot
is received less than 46 days but not less than 30 days before an
election for Federal office, the State
shall transmit the absentee ballot not later than 3 business days
after such
request is
received.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idCB473C22BCB641B3B6179BFA0511E131"><enum>103.</enum><header>Technical
clarifications to conform to 2009 MOVE Act amendments related to the
Federal
write-in absentee ballot</header><subsection id="id4AD5C838E6B94BCE82A17C5232D01E64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 102(a)(3) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>general elections</quote> and inserting <quote>general, special,
primary, and runoff elections</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB3350CE3ED404E559734D5E6BE15E740"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 103 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-2">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–2</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id710A635C4878481A9DCEE5C8A75B7961"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>general</quote>, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB1D4364F43364BF69F1ABE19B6340958"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the heading
thereof, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">general</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID361a862a6f4f470cae4249d1dcd2cc14"><enum>104.</enum><header>Treatment of
ballot requests</header><subsection id="id5CC0D4C5CD924E8192FE1F36C220B33E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of
prohibition of refusal of applications on grounds of early submission to
overseas voters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–3)
is amended—</text><paragraph id="id33A0949D63734F99A195D2F481192C6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or overseas
voter</quote> after <quote>submitted by an absent uniformed services
voter</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE7EFF551E0B34E7387191FBAB729A9AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>members of the uniformed services</quote> and inserting <quote>absent uniformed services voters or overseas voters</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16A919EFE3C645D9A7A8FD8F0EA82471"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of single
application for subsequent elections</header><paragraph id="idBE338C7DCEA643B189CE9BFD4D623DA1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 104 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-3">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–3</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id0188D64781E445B4B9F4C6436139932A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A State</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id897750FF8234434F9B4E674370B59695" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><subsection id="idEB8CFDFFBDCF4D9297CD8BEFC2C01E6C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition of
refusal of applications on grounds of early submission</header><text>A
State</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>,
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBCF0E1A3232849809791D8D792BD23D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77C12E151D3A4F5CB7DC60C2866CF51D" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><subsection id="idB9F5D5454F7B427AA802F51F9E580784"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application
treated as valid for subsequent elections</header><paragraph id="idA3B244F94E56492396A8B10D29A10D51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a State accepts and processes a request for an
absentee ballot by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas
voter and the
voter requests that the application be considered an application
for an
absentee ballot for each subsequent election for Federal office
held in the
State through the next regularly scheduled general election for
Federal office
(including any runoff elections which may occur as a result of the
outcome of
such general election) and any special elections for Federal office
held in the
State through the calendar year following such general election,
the State
shall provide an absentee ballot to the voter for each such
subsequent
election.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBAF322DF3BF54698BD909FCD9F5CB139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply with
respect to either of the following:</text><subparagraph id="id31C0535CF359497381EDC3169EF5089E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Voters changing registration</header><text>A voter removed from the list of official eligible voters in accordance with subparagraph (A), (B),
or (C) of section 8(a)(3) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3F39821890A4F9EB06A63289A2A3BF8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Undeliverable ballots</header><text>A voter whose ballot is returned by mail to the State or local election officials as undeliverable
or, in the case of a ballot delivered electronically, if the email sent to
the voter was undeliverable or rejected due to an invalid email address.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEE935DFEEF714B0CB0B9B9E829C90F8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading of section 104 of such Act is amended by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Prohibition of
refusal of applications on grounds of early submission</header-in-text></quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Treatment of
ballot requests</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa88082bc49204e00855b1fef868f8e6c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revision to
postcard form</header><subparagraph id="id36F6313E5AA14F97B2CA517ABC915670"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Presidential designee shall ensure that the official
postcard form prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and
Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)(2)</external-xref>) enables a voter
using the
form to—</text><clause id="ID926ead8421d64191b217515a313e8678"><enum>(i)</enum><text>request an
absentee ballot for each election for Federal office held in a State
through
the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
(including any
runoff elections which may occur as a result of the outcome of such
general
election) and any special elections for Federal office held in the State
through the calendar year following such general election; or</text></clause><clause id="IDed3fccafad3247289f704c42140df97f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>request an
absentee ballot for a specific election or elections for Federal office
held in
a State during the period described in paragraph (1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id568AF3F37CF8449A8E75919ECA2F8C68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Presidential
designee</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>Presidential designee</term> means the individual designated under
section 101(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(42
U.S.C. 1973ff(a)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd0cc41dad99145f8b1d04b4a5f6f684a"><enum>105.</enum><header>Applicability
to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraphs (6) and (8) of section 107 of the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–6(6)) are
each amended by striking <quote>and American Samoa</quote> and inserting
<quote>American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</quote>.</text></section><section id="idbb3ad21fbe654152b9f1c1a724cc1c34"><enum>106.</enum><header>Biennial report on the effectiveness of activities of the federal voting assistance
program and Comptroller General review</header><subsection id="idA3CB0A8460EE41B39D7DD8FD287B80BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 105A(b) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a(b)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idF6F26F529B3641FC8A9C1E9365CB051C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idd8555513c56e47d5ad03225612fc602e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>March 31 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>June 30 of each
odd-numbered year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7a96d521996d494ab480988c9d4dc156"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the following information</quote> and inserting <quote>the following
information with respect to the Federal elections held during the 2
preceding
calendar years</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC400A44B9E3D43689C51487DFA723144"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>separate assessment</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>separate assessment and statistical analysis</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1881923CA5F740A190939673688EDC6E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id78CB555437814C69A5EBE8B164D84CDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 1566a</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>sections 1566a and 1566b</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF5EC6CF9551C40199029918E3BE29C1F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such section</quote> each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting <quote>such sections</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0ED7370A546C4BEC8781E2E2D72ABF64"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8A3BBA2032840E79254033140503248" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBBB80655FAF6497E95B54E6B165FF58E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of
completed official postcard forms prescribed under section
101(b)(2) that were
completed by absent uniformed services members and accepted and
transmitted.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id83BDCA3966014EA8B1932DBFC4B42647"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of
absent uniformed services members who declined to register to
vote under such sections.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idA3A680047BA8413B9D20526E7E33D522"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comptroller General reviews</header><text>Section 105A of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-4a">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a</external-xref>) is
amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting
after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d4f8c3470e24ae1b34d616bd43dc558" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"><subsection id="idf22adbd518fd46f59d16a5f367841851"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Comptroller General reviews</header><paragraph id="id097b576bea554ef3a5d7fc497460f03d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="id9EFDE4CD966F47B3A9F7DA817CFCD2EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of any reports submitted by the Presidential
designee under subsection (b) with respect to elections occurring in
calendar years 2014 through 2020.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65A01EF0C2E2460385426461EB4615D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after a report is submitted by the Presidential designee under subsection
(b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the relevant committees of
Congress a report containing the results of the review conducted under
subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id914ef488263a47ed8aab5ac10154c6de"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters reviewed</header><text>A review conducted under paragraph (1) shall assess—</text><subparagraph id="id905e869687144fc5b3b0d5d162b34efd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the methodology used by the Presidential designee to prepare the report and to develop the data
presented in the report, including the approach for designing,
implementing, and analyzing the results of any surveys,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf4c426a7cedb4667afc5fbcade21a7c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effectiveness of any voting assistance covered in the report provided under subsection (b) and
provided by the Presidential designee to absent overseas uniformed
services voters and overseas voters who are not members of the uniformed
services, including an assessment of—</text><clause id="id72763B658C0F4F1CAF819FD83AF0CDBC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any steps taken toward improving the implementation of such voting assistance; and</text></clause><clause id="id5612F41C522742ED83C006BBA4786C53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent of collaboration between the Presidential designee and the States in providing such
voting assistance; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idce84584f21864b938355f2087efecf28"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other information the Comptroller General considers relevant to the review.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id2af9a0fbfc774687a05afecaed5fb0fe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph id="idBECEE432F4E64DF8AB3A4AA3710E5B5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 101(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id18D0F0E1C2DD46BC9A6B1CA3EB6B926F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92B8D9D61455495FA3976E7FBB918F1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (6) through (10),
respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5F7C6FB83F1B44CE90A80B3856511D3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 102(a) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idD45D635A7BD640A4AC15FD0CCF42672A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>101(b)(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>101(b)(6)</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE73451C9B392424AB3290FC71543237F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11), by striking <quote>101(b)(11)</quote> and inserting
<quote>101(b)(10)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6923BCF5022141CFBF01622E2512C37B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 105A(b)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a(b)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idcd24f743e7ee46c4bb0d622a007d1f59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Annual
report</header-in-text></quote> in the subsection heading and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Biennial
report</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id436e7bb7b69a41da8acb9800e1a70925"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In the case of</quote> in paragraph (3) and all that follows through
<quote>a description</quote> and inserting <quote>A description</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id1537EFA2516446BAB51EB385AE5CDD60"><enum>107.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general
election
for Federal office held in November 2014 and each succeeding election for
Federal office.</text></section><enum>II</enum><header>Provision of
voter assistance to members of the Armed Forces</header><section commented="no" id="id22797686ED414AABAA5C27386B852E9E"><enum>201.</enum><header>Provision of annual voter assistance</header><subsection commented="no" id="idF005B947E6E448AE9B710D444F98DE58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual voter assistance</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idFD87052C534E48718FB4E87DE2F8D599"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/80">Chapter 80</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1566a">section 1566a</external-xref> the
following new section:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF061FED92AF4C05BB303AFA025A5AB1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="USC"><section commented="no" id="idC90EC93AA6D54AF3A12693D2F1479F24"><enum>1566b.</enum><header>Annual voter assistance</header><subsection commented="no" id="id9D585D038C174C4AB1B9EEF09C532C14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the following activities:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id9F06073DDA814AEFA12D8C83B4768CB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In coordination with the Secretary of each military department—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id6F4595136CCB44B6A08A0E1AD5B82459"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affirmatively offer, on an annual basis, each member of the armed forces on active duty (other
than active duty for training) the opportunity, through the online system
developed under paragraph (2), to—</text><clause commented="no" id="id4946D5D5C4794FB38A0FFC961DC2D303"><enum>(i)</enum><text>register to vote in an election for Federal office;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id4091C634F1C248B592AA06E6966A5133"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>update the member's voter registration information; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A5B22B186CA42F5B0488416FDD62A2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>request an absentee ballot;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DD5EF1084D5415D9166569373A1F6F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide services to such members for the purpose of carrying out the activities in clauses (i),
(ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id278B80CF9F494671BB44FA95D6CC1179"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require any such member who declines the offer for voter assistance under subparagraph (A) to
indicate and record that decision.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD9AF73BDDE940058E6314AD272CFCB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Implement an online system that, to the extent practicable, is integrated with the existing
systems of each of the military departments and that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id359590B93DEF4FC78552287C6AD48146"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides an electronic means for carrying out the requirements of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F4168C16D9C4126AA40C88CC5252A51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an individual registering to vote in a State that accepts electronic voter
registration and operates its own electronic voter registration system
using a form that meets the requirements for mail voter registration forms
under section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)), directs such individual to that system; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79FDB74E83BB44428295FED8B3B62A37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an individual using the official postcard form prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff(b)(2)) to register to vote and request an absentee ballot—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA263755440FC445FA5CE6CF414B9934D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pre-populates such official postcard form with the personal information of such individual, and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB055295816C4E768CAF3CFA2494B814"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB8662A7B393C40BB9E051DAB7A6F2D69"><enum>(I)</enum><text>produces the pre-populated form and a pre-addressed envelope for use in transmitting such official
postcard form; or</text></subclause><subclause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE89FD0C44BC348EFAA88E47D8010F423" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transmits the completed official postcard form electronically to the appropriate State or local
election officials.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68414E23C7804311823C1A805197985A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Implement a system (either independently or in conjunction with the online system under paragraph
(2)) by which any change of address by a member of the armed forces on
active duty who is undergoing a permanent change of station, deploying
overseas for at least six months, or returning from an overseas deployment
of at least six months automatically triggers, through the Defense
Enrollment and Eligibility Registration System or related systems, a
notification via electronic means to such member that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E92B97E56614644A5A48E5C1096FDF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>indicates that such member's voter registration or absentee mailing address should be updated with
the appropriate State or local election officials; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A056716B5E8415BBC88563AD700C502"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes instructions on how to update such voter registration using the online system developed
under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA20A1A5354A545C19A33CBA3ACEDF22D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>The online system developed under subsection (a)(2) shall collect and store all data required to
meet the reporting requirements of section 201(b) of the <short-title>Safeguarding Elections for our Nation's Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act</short-title> and section 105A(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–4a(b)(2)) in a manner that complies with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552a">section 552a</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974) and
imposes no new record management burden on any military unit or military
installation.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbaea5fa2914243d896dcdf11bc1c9d16"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of voter assistance</header><text>To the extent practicable, the voter assistance under subsection (a)(1) shall be offered as a part
of each servicemember’s annual training.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83C8BF2945944977AD1F43676B4F46DB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe regulations implementing the requirements of subsection
(a). Such regulations shall include procedures to inform those members
of the armed forces on active duty (other than active duty for training)
experiencing a change of address about the benefits of this section and
the timeframe for requesting an absentee ballot to ensure sufficient time
for State delivery of the ballot.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idE0D09E42DFA042308A13D4D07C62FB72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 80 of such title is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 1566a the following new item:</text><quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" id="ida2cb4a16-7f36-4f7d-80a3-36a83a2fda8d" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="USC"><toc changed="deleted" committee-id="SSRA00" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><toc-entry idref="idC90EC93AA6D54AF3A12693D2F1479F24" level="section">1566b. Annual voter assistance.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idB1E9E5CDECA0426FA22949D993A30703"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on
status of implementation</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id9e63bec00086452db3ed11cf5af3b992"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the relevant
committees
of Congress a report on the status of the implementation of the
requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1566b">section 1566b</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id0122e25476b34ba289d9a632fdafa5d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id138DB1C3C77D4FA78ADA4F87E3077A11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed description of any specific
steps already taken towards the implementation of the requirements of
such section 1566b;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8CDCB5768F1F4EC29B8009D0D5531AFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a detailed plan for the implementation of such requirements, including milestones and deadlines for
the completion of such implementation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5561C575014449C5A33AA5C955779A03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the costs expected to be incurred in the implementation of such requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id34ABD4E361DE4A8A8BCE3F0303544CFA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of how the annual voting assistance and system under subsection (a)(3) of such
section will be integrated with the Defense Enrollment and Eligibility
Registration System or other Department of Defense personnel databases
that track military servicemembers' address changes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7EDA6CE6019C44EAB103A18B5013BB34"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an estimate of how long it will take an average member to complete the voter assistance process
required under subsection (a)(1) of such section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id61789850609D4B73BCDE8AE07BC48098"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an explanation of how the Secretary of Defense will collect reliable data on the utilization of
the online system under subsection (a)(2) of such section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id048AA000836D4F00975E2EB35C480B0C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a summary of any objections, concerns, or comments made by State or local election officials
regarding the implementation of such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idBAB83C4806194559BCCE877189C4B550"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant
committees of congress defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>relevant committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5623f096d1b34f78979df7850a325ae0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committees on
Appropriations, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration of the
Senate;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id997e27c8f4b04a9e9b192c7db35cac95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committees on
Appropriations, Armed Services, and House Administration of the House of
Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Electronic
voting systems</header><section id="id66AE92C207C3471FBF8888712FD6B867"><enum>301.</enum><header>Repeal of
electronic voting demonstration project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1604 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff</external-xref> note) is
repealed.</text></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Residency of military family members</header><section id="id17EE35E3FC584B3D9B52F0E21ABCD30F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Extending guarantee of
residency for voting purposes to family members of absent military
personnel</header><subsection id="id317E4DB77EBA447EA8758E002EDDBB5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 705 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/595">50 U.S.C. App. 595</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8812A28BDD8B4B2B854061A3C625947B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the persons's spouse who is
absent from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders
shall not, solely by reason of that absence</quote> and inserting <quote>a dependent of a person who is absent from
a State in compliance with military orders shall not, solely by
reason
of absence, whether or not accompanying that person</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4179CCC1259049879F747481FED4B675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Dependents</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id30EE433CBB114E4C808093098272E580"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading of section 705 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/595">50 U.S.C. App. 595</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">spouses</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">dependents</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id02C7F6744853498881228F31326F09BD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to absences from States described in
section 705(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App.
595(b)), as amended by subsection (a), after the date of the enactment of
this Act, regardless of the date of the military orders concerned.</text></subsection></section>1.This Act may be cited as the
Safeguarding Elections for our Nation's Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act
.<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments
related to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act</header><section commented="no" id="idDC04A1AD57F747E19DA94C9C7BFA997E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Pre-election
reporting requirement on transmission of absentee
ballots</header><subsection commented="no" id="idC9E1467492744D5DA199F8B312571762"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of
section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42
U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 90
days</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDED2F769B6004A298CC9604F9C251D93" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idAB7FDA52DBCA42AC8CE00D0A20D04F43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pre-election
report on absentee ballots transmitted</header><subparagraph id="id425C3DA6F7EB408AA9DBC7F4AEC74BA4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 43 days
before any election for Federal office held in a State, the chief
State election official of such State shall submit
a report containing the information in subparagraph (B) to the
Attorney General and the Presidential designee, and
make that
report publicly available that same day.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id657E1A8786694132856BB9F2CFE55A3D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information reported</header><text>The report under subparagraph (A) shall consist of the following:</text><clause id="id9C36A13375CE4AC0BDADDFFE08A78E91"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The total number of absentee ballots
validly requested by absent uniformed services voters and overseas
voters whose
requests were received by the 47th day before the election.</text></clause><clause id="id230682929E184E7CA6AD77734B2C489F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The total number of ballots transmitted to such voters by the
46th day before the election by each unit of local government within the
State that will
administer the election.</text></clause><clause id="id5078CC5491164BB8A3770B43BA986A33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If the chief State election official has incomplete information on any items required to be
included in the report, an explanation of what information is incomplete
information and efforts made to acquire such information, including the
identity of any unit of local government that failed to provide required
information to the State.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D0597037AC24BB2B7D51E02DEDC6045"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirement to supplement incomplete information</header><text>If the report under subparagraph (A) has incomplete information on any items required to be
included in the report, the chief State election official shall make all
reasonable efforts to expeditiously supplement the report with complete
information.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06AC9A3B2DD744E6A26D4927068C704C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Format</header><text>The report under subparagraph (A) shall be in a format prescribed by the Attorney General in
consultation with the chief State election officials of each State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id09EE63BA89B54C65952484DFE63E55A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Post election
report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and received</header><text>Not
later than 90
days</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idC4B13537AEF04C188A73C6E5F018DDE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading for subsection (c) of section 102 of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report on number of absentee ballots transmitted and
received</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Reports on absentee
ballots</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idcf2e86c0-01bd-4e57-9955-58a4f10ce733"><enum>102.</enum><header>Transmission
requirements; repeal of waiver provision</header><subsection id="id4f9691e4-c5e4-461a-acd1-d57a465a7958"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (8) of
section 102(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(42
U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e8aaa0b-2dff-48c3-a778-d47b4335629a" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id63476b21-2a50-446a-9f6b-b981bffdfe94"><enum>(8)</enum><text>transmit a
validly requested absentee ballot to an absent uniformed services
voter or
overseas voter by the date and in the manner determined under
subsection
(g);</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id2a774cdb-8dac-40c8-ac1d-838d231436bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ballot
transmission requirements and repeal of waiver
provision</header><text>Subsection (g) of section 102 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–1(g)) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5fc67f4-47c0-4bdf-9da7-1e218d580d59" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="idf1bcfad3-0d57-4dad-b2eb-49b78c965510"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Ballot
transmission requirements</header><paragraph id="id2c1c304d-77c8-429b-86dc-5577122f2a50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(8), in the case in which a
valid request for an absentee ballot is received at least 47 days
before an
election for Federal office, the following rules shall apply:</text><subparagraph id="id111e4fcb-0204-4cfa-8c3a-2c8fb3f4dec5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transmission deadline</header><text>The State shall transmit the absentee ballot not later
than 46 days before the election.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2a4b3a9-984f-4fdc-a0f0-18754b8bc541"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rules
in case of failure to transmit on time</header><clause id="id1029327c-4533-4d2d-b0f4-7ea4f82bc6cb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the State fails to transmit any absentee ballot by the
46th day before the election as required by subparagraph (A) and
the absent
uniformed services voter or overseas voter did not request
electronic ballot
transmission pursuant to subsection (f), the State shall transmit
such ballot
by express delivery.</text></clause><clause id="idcf87cf82-1322-4a2c-88f2-d8a7eb5016c7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extended
failure</header><text>If the State fails to transmit any absentee ballot by the
41st day before the election, in addition to transmitting the
ballot as
provided in clause (i), the State shall—</text><subclause id="id04875bd9-ee6d-4541-8c51-aa9c20cd7f8c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the case of
absentee ballots requested by absent uniformed services voters with
respect to
regularly scheduled general elections, notify such voters of the
procedures
established under section 103A for the collection and delivery of
marked
absentee ballots; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id4043a84f-ab75-4e3d-b977-0e8894aa788c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in any other
case, provide for the return of such ballot by express
delivery.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb0fb68e3-1242-4d91-8b01-01b1cee05f31"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Cost of express delivery</header><text>In any case in which express delivery is required under this subparagraph, the cost of such express
delivery—</text><subclause id="idf60a9e11-13d1-4733-bbe2-5778e1700e5b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall not be paid by the voter, and</text></subclause><subclause id="id185e945e-d726-464a-8011-1cc6fdd3d56e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>may be required by the State to be paid by a local jurisdiction if the State determines that
election officials in such jurisdiction are responsible for the failure to
transmit the ballot by any date required under this paragraph.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id371cace6865741e6a491f4439c6f09ea"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Clause (ii)(II) shall not apply when an absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter indicates
the preference to return the late sent absentee ballot by electronic
transmission in a State that permits return of an absentee ballot by
electronic transmission.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id3d8d0403-cbcc-44f0-b23d-931677e56638"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>A
State’s compliance with this subparagraph does not bar the Attorney
General
from seeking additional remedies necessary to fully resolve or
prevent ongoing, future, or systematic violations of this provision.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id702f606e20f04c1183d1b0cb4004edd4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special procedure in event of disaster</header><text>If a disaster (hurricane, tornado, earthquake, storm, volcanic eruption, landslide, fire, flood, or
explosion), or an act of terrorism prevents the State from transmitting
any absentee ballot by the 46th day before the election as required by
subparagraph (A), it shall notify the Attorney General as soon as
practicable and
take all actions necessary, including seeking any necessary judicial
relief, to ensure that affected absent uniformed services voters and
overseas voters are provided a reasonable opportunity to receive and
return their
absentee ballots in time to be counted.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5320efe2-b00f-4e77-82d6-9f3e83f0efe6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests
received after 47th day before election</header><text>For purposes of
subsection (a)(8), in the case in which a valid request for an
absentee ballot
is received less than 47 days but not less than 30 days before an
election for Federal office, the State
shall transmit the absentee ballot not later than 3 business days
after such
request is
received.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id91862720-afbb-48ea-842e-48573e4dab66"><enum>103.</enum><header>Technical
clarifications to conform to 2009 MOVE Act amendments related to the
Federal
write-in absentee ballot</header><subsection id="idf2cc8fd6-a1ec-478b-9491-1f9952c97b61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 102(a)(3) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>general elections</quote> and inserting <quote>general, special,
primary, and runoff elections</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf93bd04d-dda7-4880-ae26-6af2d8fc73ae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 103 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-2">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–2</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id4be1b258-974b-4447-b551-a2305baa8289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>general</quote>, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id893ba3f3-4a8f-4e6f-999f-daf5edcfb27f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the heading
thereof, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">general</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id33C4418627034A4FBC10F2567D729158"><enum>104.</enum><header>Treatment of post card registration requests</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id439975BFBBD347E2A540AD2360DC5AE7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id947D3C109E5F434DA1879E74D46DA7ED"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Treatment of post card registrations</header><text>A State shall not remove any voter who has registered to vote using the official post card form
(prescribed under section 101) except in accordance with subparagraph
(A), (B),
or (C) of section 8(a)(3) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id803a3b30-7c1d-4422-98a2-7f07129209c1"><enum>105.</enum><header>Treatment of
ballot requests</header><subsection id="id8e3a9dd1-731f-415f-8209-4a97abdef53e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of
prohibition of refusal of applications on grounds of early submission to
overseas voters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–3)
is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5c099cb9-ba47-481f-8e97-8c4407c6ad76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or overseas
voter</quote> after <quote>submitted by an absent uniformed services
voter</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide81f4ce9-4701-4892-95b8-cd1ce7fee49e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>members of the uniformed services</quote> and inserting <quote>absent uniformed services voters or overseas voters</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id94f68892-06f0-4278-bb5f-c49eba90d94f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of single
application for subsequent elections</header><paragraph id="idfa2b34b9-6de1-460c-94cb-b59f04b01cc1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 104 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-3">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–3</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id81464f48-5eac-4ab3-821e-de6255e84bfd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A State</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c4e64c9-f6b8-4906-ba31-bee8c7c04cd3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="ide5d46b52-5bb5-427d-8648-894f5031e763"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition of
refusal of applications on grounds of early submission</header><text>A
State</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>,
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26a658a5-ddb7-4be8-a66f-5dd8c1b26fb0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ecfa07c-f0f7-4f8e-b41c-a657a78bf49d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id33732efb-0071-4286-9f2c-54c004c8f666"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application
treated as valid for subsequent elections</header><paragraph id="id7d793eb6-4019-4fa9-a0af-366c0f22a2a7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a State accepts and processes a request for an
absentee ballot by an absent uniformed services voter or overseas
voter and the
voter requests that the application be considered an application
for an
absentee ballot for each subsequent election for Federal office
held in the
State through the next regularly scheduled general election for
Federal office
(including any runoff elections which may occur as a result of the
outcome of
such general election),
the State
shall provide an absentee ballot to the voter for each such
subsequent
election.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id197d61dc-18aa-48ab-970c-429ee672c909"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply with
respect to either of the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1451eb36-3761-4596-8b1c-79a19ba908b4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Voters changing registration</header><text>A voter removed from the list of official eligible voters in accordance with subparagraph (A), (B),
or (C) of section 8(a)(3) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973gg-6">42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1f2b989-fd7c-4986-b782-9bdde1ae186a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Undeliverable ballots</header><text>A voter whose ballot is returned by mail to the State or local election officials as undeliverable
or, in the case of a ballot delivered electronically, if the email sent to
the voter was undeliverable or rejected due to an invalid email address.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1247fcd-a72a-490c-aecd-03d0403b1807"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The heading of section 104 of such Act is amended by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Prohibition of
refusal of applications on grounds of early submission</header-in-text></quote>
and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Treatment of
ballot requests</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28d7ffd2-2170-4977-8673-6749bdb14580"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revision to
postcard form</header><subparagraph id="idc2d44695-eb8c-4d4a-afcb-78e8a37ff0e8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Presidential designee shall ensure that the official
postcard form prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and
Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)(2)</external-xref>) enables a voter
using the
form to—</text><clause id="idd79a8a62-cf3b-4a42-8325-baaec2186f9b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>request an
absentee ballot for each election for Federal office held in a State
through
the next regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
(including any
runoff elections which may occur as a result of the outcome of such
general
election); or</text></clause><clause id="idcf88851f-2f60-46c8-aed7-1ed3126161f4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>request an
absentee ballot for a specific election or elections for Federal office
held in
a State during the period described in paragraph (1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c9c6a12-64b7-41be-a305-d219e868657d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Presidential
designee</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>Presidential designee</term> means the individual designated under
section 101(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(42
U.S.C. 1973ff(a)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc7f12e61-ccc1-43a5-9041-3274d46cedc6"><enum>106.</enum><header>Applicability
to Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraphs (6) and (8) of section 107 of the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–6(6)) are
each amended by striking <quote>and American Samoa</quote> and inserting
<quote>American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands</quote>.</text></section><section id="id725d987d-bda3-4d3f-9185-a6f10b58f1b9"><enum>107.</enum><header>Biennial report on the effectiveness of activities of the federal voting assistance
program and Comptroller General review</header><subsection id="idf5cc36d6-b9a7-4b78-937f-b4eca374298c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 105A(b) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a(b)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide5676741-618d-45f6-acf4-288c404f3428"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id28eead8f-d727-47b8-9e1f-20a8828872c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>March 31 of each year</quote> and inserting <quote>June 30 of each
odd-numbered year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idf0f0ee29-83ae-4061-9a1e-9e222ee7cde1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the following information</quote> and inserting <quote>the following
information with respect to the Federal elections held during the 2
preceding
calendar years</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idead2e26d-6300-4700-a24c-10ee0f7d1f27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>separate assessment</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>separate assessment and statistical analysis</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id27606ab6-220c-4469-bd9a-a56db1c27968"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id535b3112-160d-4916-a3d2-4aca258c4d04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 1566a</quote> in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>sections 1566a and 1566b</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idfdb9f561-aff0-43b1-8e1f-bef6e0dec3c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such section</quote> each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting <quote>such sections</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idbea8c721-de23-4d1a-826c-bd4220c3eb44"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8e076b3-79a8-4070-a55e-d4d791edfa69" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id16f5302c-0c93-44af-95c9-48b8e098988c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of
completed official postcard forms prescribed under section
101(b)(2) that were
completed by absent uniformed services members and accepted and
transmitted.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id69a9d948-db92-48f3-8423-cab61942e1e4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of
absent uniformed services members who declined to register to
vote under such sections.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id54e739e0-78da-486c-9307-cfe33bfc786b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comptroller General reviews</header><text>Section 105A of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-4a">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a</external-xref>) is
amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting
after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f08546b-43a5-49f8-8f66-31a082b1e4a0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><subsection id="id8eb89154-4714-4ebf-8866-6d488e53d264"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Comptroller General reviews</header><paragraph id="ideb9ede37-c711-44dc-a891-7b5a7a166935"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="idfcc0e55d-cc98-40f9-aa3e-cc71040b0802"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of any reports submitted by the Presidential
designee under subsection (b) with respect to elections occurring in
calendar years 2014 through 2020.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id342f6499-74e8-469f-b39b-43c06c20ab9e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after a report is submitted by the Presidential designee under subsection
(b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the relevant committees of
Congress a report containing the results of the review conducted under
subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id671e801a-4194-4606-a7f9-b3cdc1115a59"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters reviewed</header><text>A review conducted under paragraph (1) shall assess—</text><subparagraph id="id72b18140-ab8e-481d-b70e-228f57837f89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the methodology used by the Presidential designee to prepare the report and to develop the data
presented in the report, including the approach for designing,
implementing, and analyzing the results of any surveys,</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd0b6fc08-3f9f-4f42-a37b-12630bd5d8c2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effectiveness of any voting assistance covered in the report provided under subsection (b) and
provided by the Presidential designee to absent overseas uniformed
services voters and overseas voters who are not members of the uniformed
services, including an assessment of—</text><clause id="idcff02944-9dda-4932-8012-17de7f887733"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any steps taken toward improving the implementation of such voting assistance; and</text></clause><clause id="id18eecd10-b7e6-41cb-8d87-bdf9704baf06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent of collaboration between the Presidential designee and the States in providing such
voting assistance; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id535e28d5-2510-49fb-b5ae-1833f75ffa1e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other information the Comptroller General considers relevant to the review.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idbf3548e6-07dd-4be3-be17-2978205617d6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph id="id56f889a2-7364-44a4-af52-b69ee54ef948"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 101(b) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id893b0eae-a533-458a-b011-8b8dfef89f2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6661c08-6354-42d6-afe0-c8709e682eef"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (6) through (10),
respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8536c382-5b02-4986-9231-ff3ccc7043dd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 102(a) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff-1">42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id542e1f62-042b-4e5d-823f-18d4a326d408"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>101(b)(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>101(b)(6)</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4e1371dd-8ea7-4181-b7cd-b3505ff585d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11), by striking <quote>101(b)(11)</quote> and inserting
<quote>101(b)(10)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a2a619c-6382-4d1c-935b-1f1fb603ea27"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 105A(b)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–4a(b)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id836335e4-e973-4134-941d-2a4bea3c832a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Annual
report</header-in-text></quote> in the subsection heading and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Biennial
report</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd32ac6c4-f367-41d0-ac3d-d40197870aa6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>In the case of</quote> in paragraph (3) and all that follows through
<quote>a description</quote> and inserting <quote>A description</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2997ADFA77B474AB250B9AE090E426D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to reports required to be issued after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id366da8cd-6d9a-4a65-bdc5-c2ebcf67dce5"><enum>108.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 107(d), the amendments made by
this title shall take effect on January 1, 2015.</text></section><enum>II</enum><header>Provision of
voter assistance to members of the Armed Forces</header><section commented="no" id="idedf3c585-7560-4d16-b1e5-89515aef3c3e"><enum>201.</enum><header>Provision of annual voter assistance</header><subsection commented="no" id="id105c323c-a801-4dec-b0ec-6b7fcc3cf683"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual voter assistance</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idf2c0814d-a69a-4daa-9ea9-06f97a9e03d5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/80">Chapter 80</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1566a">section 1566a</external-xref> the
following new section:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf80f203-0ab5-43e6-91e6-8b44dc0eaf7e" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><section commented="no" id="id6e00604d-fe26-423d-8eb7-3ade2e55c0db"><enum>1566b.</enum><header>Annual voter assistance</header><subsection commented="no" id="idaf998a04-da02-424c-b712-c726b62c8b8a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the following activities:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id5a4971da-0a10-4fc7-89db-ba8e3ee9b360"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In coordination with the Secretary of each military department—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id524716b2-a9da-4cd6-81b8-4d2e7b08d33f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>affirmatively offer, on an annual basis, each member of the armed forces on active duty (other
than active duty for training) the opportunity, through the online system
developed under paragraph (2), to—</text><clause commented="no" id="id0194d90f-30a8-492d-8add-b3ebd40b1767"><enum>(i)</enum><text>register to vote in an election for Federal office;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="id724c2f5e-5c83-4c25-91b0-2e53a0e179cc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>update the member's voter registration information; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee81862d-43ac-455e-9d29-6bf71ef97cc1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>request an absentee ballot;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcf19425-3618-4793-a72f-63baf18cfef8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide services to such members for the purpose of carrying out the activities in clauses (i),
(ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f512281-9dd6-42ab-bbba-a35def5e250e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>require any such member who declines the offer for voter assistance under subparagraph (A) to
indicate and record that decision.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id574701d9-2eff-47ab-b8c5-0e761b64a493"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Implement an online system that, to the extent practicable, is integrated with the existing
systems of each of the military departments and that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c1f2d4a-061b-4eb1-83ad-ae457a55544b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides an electronic means for carrying out the requirements of paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52d22002-12e0-4b2c-93f9-ae931066921e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of an individual registering to vote in a State that accepts electronic voter
registration and operates its own electronic voter registration system
using a form that meets the requirements for mail voter registration forms
under section 9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg–7(b)), directs such individual to that system; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94b34f65-da9b-4394-948d-e54827ae69f6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of an individual using the official postcard form prescribed under section 101(b)(2) of
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff(b)(2)) to register to vote and request an absentee ballot—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1351e355-2c39-4bc2-80d2-fac06e4d0a61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pre-populates such official postcard form with the personal information of such individual, and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84eb054a-e4e4-4e6f-b0ff-30ea57f4a551"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id17cd4df6-bc92-4be1-8735-ef69547e7163"><enum>(I)</enum><text>produces the pre-populated form and a pre-addressed envelope for use in transmitting such official
postcard form; or</text></subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSRA00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50ba8964-6cdb-46ea-a20a-b36ae2f89587" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transmits the completed official postcard form electronically to the appropriate State or local
election officials.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39585b1b-c5fa-46dc-8fc3-0b3547d4c4de"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Implement a system (either independently or in conjunction with the online system under paragraph
(2)) by which any change of address by a member of the armed forces on
active duty who is undergoing a permanent change of station, deploying
overseas for at least six months, or returning from an overseas deployment
of at least six months automatically triggers a
notification via electronic means to such member that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8afaee26-eb7e-4097-a92c-3d05f082ecc3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>indicates that such member's voter registration or absentee mailing address should be updated with
the appropriate State or local election officials; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66611930-8574-4fff-9d90-4bdb67e50f37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes instructions on how to update such voter registration using the online system developed
under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcb39741-54e2-423b-8ca7-fa72b9ea0fad"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data collection</header><text>The online system developed under subsection (a)(2) shall collect and store all data required to
meet the reporting requirements of section 201(b) of the <short-title>Safeguarding Elections for our Nation's Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act</short-title> and section 105A(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C.
1973ff–4a(b)(2)) in a manner that complies with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552a">section 552a</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974) and
imposes no new record management burden on any military unit or military
installation.</text></subsection><subsection id="id020e5a66-1bf3-4a0e-9079-5eeb3c1585ca"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of voter assistance</header><text>To the extent practicable, the voter assistance under subsection (a)(1) shall be offered as a part
of each servicemember’s annual training.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb13e4218-a31a-47fb-800b-fda2e0c3ee8e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe regulations implementing the requirements of subsection
(a). Such regulations shall include procedures to inform those members
of the armed forces on active duty (other than active duty for training)
experiencing a change of address about the benefits of this section and
the timeframe for requesting an absentee ballot to ensure sufficient time
for State delivery of the ballot.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idde58e237-5395-4abe-96c8-705e2f29d333"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 80 of such title is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 1566a the following new item:</text><quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" id="id2addb5e1-d142-47b6-92f9-c88852eae231" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC"><toc changed="added" committee-id="SSRA00" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry idref="idC90EC93AA6D54AF3A12693D2F1479F24" level="section">1566b. Annual voter assistance.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id867e1f16-cb57-4e69-b0d0-ea5d4c2a4c1c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on
status of implementation</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idb383e15b-2a45-4844-9ba3-d89f478d6b30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the relevant
committees
of Congress a report on the status of the implementation of the
requirements of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1566b">section 1566b</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ida25cd073-460e-49db-9033-aa34fd441b43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id96002c8a-190a-4064-8c33-c4ce40b63321"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed description of any specific
steps already taken towards the implementation of the requirements of
such section 1566b;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcb993642-7e5b-487d-bbe6-d87b5baa5f96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a detailed plan for the implementation of such requirements, including milestones and deadlines for
the completion of such implementation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7f7ca048-c44a-46a1-b987-945900b328be"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the costs expected to be incurred in the implementation of such requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5d9bbd39-2766-4558-b44f-df6f913325f1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of how the annual voting assistance and system under subsection (a)(3) of such
section will be integrated with Department of Defense personnel databases
that track military servicemembers' address changes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ide73de81b-cac1-4243-ab39-7f2733fd07dc"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an estimate of how long it will take an average member to complete the voter assistance process
required under subsection (a)(1) of such section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id438e4a3f-5bd9-4a96-93fd-3c1185aa1e13"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an explanation of how the Secretary of Defense will collect reliable data on the utilization of
the online system under subsection (a)(2) of such section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2bac339f-d533-4c8c-8c07-28ed3950dd7a"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a summary of any objections, concerns, or comments made by State or local election officials
regarding the implementation of such section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idbdffcf43-898e-433f-a8a9-bd9835e9e044"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant
committees of congress defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>relevant committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="iddf6693c9-bbc0-4145-96d8-6b09572918ad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committees on
Appropriations, Armed Services, and Rules and Administration of the
Senate;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd5da1edc-5fa8-49b3-8712-9d0a1a32207c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committees on
Appropriations, Armed Services, and House Administration of the House of
Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Electronic
voting systems</header><section id="iddb8afd53-4ce8-451e-b7b4-8a0ef63914be"><enum>301.</enum><header>Repeal of
electronic voting demonstration project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1604 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1973ff">42 U.S.C. 1973ff</external-xref> note) is
repealed.</text></section>April 10, 2014Reported with an amendment