3.0.0 5673 2022-02-03T05:18:27Z 2022-02-03T05:18:27Z House H HR 2008-04-01 110 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2008-04-01T14:01:00Z Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 110 3073 S 2008-10-02 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 2008-04-01 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2008-04-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001165 Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22] Kevin McCarthy R CA 22 N E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2008-04-01 True L000517 Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] DANIEL LUNGREN R CA EDWARD 3 2008-04-01 True F000450 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] Virginia Foxx R NC 5 2008-04-14 False W000413 Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] EDWARD WHITFIELD R KY 1 2008-04-14 False E000187 Rep. 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[R-PR-At Large] Luis Fortuno R PR G. 0 2008-04-24 False T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2008-04-24 False B001243 Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] Marsha Blackburn R TN 7 2008-04-24 False P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2008-04-24 False B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2008-04-29 False B001260 Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13] Vern Buchanan R FL 13 2008-04-29 False C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2008-04-29 False H001029 Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] ROBIN HAYES R NC 8 2008-04-29 False J000285 Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] TIMOTHY JOHNSON R IL V. 15 2008-04-29 False S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 2008-04-29 False Y000031 Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] C. W. Young R FL Bill 10 2008-05-01 False W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2008-05-01 False R000395 Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] HAROLD ROGERS R KY 5 2008-05-01 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44] KEN CALVERT R CA 44 2008-05-01 False B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2008-05-06 False B001228 Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45] Mary Bono R CA 45 2008-05-08 False S001167 Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1] Bill Sali R ID 1 2008-05-15 False H000528 Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] WALLY HERGER R CA 2 2008-05-15 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2008-05-21 False P000589 Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] Jon Porter R NV C. 3 2008-06-03 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2008-06-04 False H001041 Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] Dean Heller R NV 2 2008-06-04 False H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 2008-06-04 False T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 2008-06-09 False G000548 Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5] Scott Garrett R NJ 5 2008-06-25 False G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2008-07-08 False K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2008-07-15 False E000268 Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2] TERRY EVERETT R AL 2 2008-07-17 False F000447 Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24] Tom Feeney R FL 24 2008-07-29 False B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2008-09-09 False M001158 Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24] Kenny Marchant R TX 24 2008-09-09 False A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2008-09-10 False M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2008-09-18 False B001232 Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] JUDY BIGGERT R IL 13 2008-09-22 False F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] Trent Franks R AZ 2 2008-09-24 False A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2008-09-26 False G000550 Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] Phil Gingrey R GA 11 2008-09-27 False Government Operations and Politics Absentee voting Administrative procedure Airmail service Armed Forces and National Security Ballots Congress Congressional elections Defense contracts Defense procurement Department of Defense Election administration Law Presidential elections Soldier voting Transportation and Public Works Government Operations and Politics 00 2008-04-01 Introduced in House 2008-06-12T20:48:01Z Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 - Amends the Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense (the Presidential designee) to establish procedures for collecting absentee ballots of military overseas voters in elections for federal office, and for delivering such ballots to the appropriate state election officials.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that such ballots are delivered prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election; (2) carry out delivery requirements through a contract with a private provider of air transportation, which shall include a mechanism for ballot tracking; and (3) take steps to ensure that such voters are able to cast their votes in a private and independent manner, and that vote contents remain secret until tabulated by the state election officials.

]]> Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 Display Title Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to collect absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters for elections for Federal office and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5673ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5673ih.xml 2008-04-01 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.