3.0.0 3308 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z 2019-04-11T15:40:47Z Senate S S 2008-07-22 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2008-09-15T22:16:21Z Referred to 2008-07-22T22:15:26Z Veteran Voting Support Act 110 6625 HR 2008-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Identical bill CRS 2008-09-15 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Committee 2008-07-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7141-7142) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-22 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2008-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-07-22 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2008-07-22 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-07-22 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-07-22 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2008-07-22 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-07-22 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-07-22 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-07-22 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-07-31 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2008-07-31 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-09-08 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-09-08 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-09-22 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2008-09-25 False Armed Forces and National Security Absentee voting Ballots Department of Veterans Affairs Election administration Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Local officials Nonprofit organizations Social Welfare State officials Veterans' hospitals Voter registration Voting Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-17T16:20:28Z Veteran Voting Support Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit a state to designate facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) located in the state as voter registration agencies under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Requires any VA facility designated as a voter registration agency to: (1) provide information relating to the opportunity to request an absentee ballot; (2) make available absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots upon request, as well as assistance in completing them; and (3) work with local election officials to ensure the proper delivery of such applications and ballots.

Directs the Secretary to permit a meaningful opportunity for nonpartisan organizations to provide voter registration information and assistance at VA facilities.

Prohibits the Secretary from banning any election administration official, whether state or local, party-affiliated or non-party affiliated, or elected or appointed, from providing nonpartisan voting information to veterans at any VA facility.

Directs the Secretary to provide reasonable access to VA facilities to state and local election officials for the purpose of providing nonpartisan voter registration services to individuals.

]]> Veteran Voting Support Act Short Titles as Introduced Veteran Voting Support Act Display Title Veteran Voting Support Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3308is/xml/BILLS-110s3308is.xml 2008-09-15 Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. 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.