3.0.0 453 2023-01-11T20:04:27Z 2023-01-11T20:19:26Z Senate S S 2007-01-31 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2007-10-04T22:41:48Z Markup by 2007-09-06T19:15:27Z Hearings by 2007-06-07T23:05:50Z Referred to 2007-01-31T22:15:29Z S. Rept. 110-191 Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 110 1281 HR 2007-06-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2007-10-04 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411. Calendars 2007-10-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-191. Additional views filed. Committee 2007-10-04 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-191. Additional views filed. 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[D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-01-31 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-01-31 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-01-31 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-01-31 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-01-31 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-01-31 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-03-06 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-03-19 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-08 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-06-04 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-06-04 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-06-04 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-07-25 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-09-06 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2007-09-06 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-12-05 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-12-19 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-12-11 False 2007-09-21T04:00:00Z S. 453, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19162 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 6, 2007</p> 2007-09-21T04:00:00Z S. 453, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19162 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 6, 2007 Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Broadcasting Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Civil rights enforcement Congress Congressional elections Congressional reporting requirements Conspiracy Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Department of Justice Election administration Election fraud Government publicity Governmental investigations Law Political parties Presidential elections Primaries Prosecution Public service advertising Runoff elections Science, Technology, Communications Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines U.S. Sentencing Commission Voter registration Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-21T14:52:07Z Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Revised Statutes and federal criminal law to prohibit any person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, from knowingly deceiving any other person regarding: (1) the time, place, or manner of conducting any federal election; or (2) the qualifications for or restrictions on voter eligibility for any such election. Makes intent to prevent another person from exercising the right to vote an essential element of the offense. Creates a private right of action for any person aggrieved by a violation of such prohibition.

Prescribes a criminal penalty for such deceptive acts.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of any offense under this Act.

Authorizes any person to report to the Attorney General false election information.

Requires the Attorney General, immediately after receiving such a report, to consider and review it and, if there is a reasonable basis to find that false information has been communicated, to: (1) undertake all effective measures necessary to provide correct information to voters affected by the false information; (2) refer any pertinent matter to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice for prosecution; and (3) refer the matter to the appropriate federal and state authorities for criminal prosecution or civil action after the election.

Directs the Attorney General to study the feasibility of providing such corrective information through public service announcements, the emergency alert system, or other forms of public broadcast.

Authorizes the Attorney General to establish a Voting Integrity Task Force.

]]> 01 2007-10-04 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2007-12-20T21:54:07Z Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Revised Statutes and federal criminal law to prohibit any person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, from knowingly deceiving any other person regarding: (1) the time, place, or manner of conducting any federal election; or (2) the qualifications for or restrictions on voter eligibility for any such election. Makes intent to prevent another person from exercising the right to vote, or from voting for the candidate of such other person's choice, an essential element of the offense.

Prescribes a criminal penalty for such deceptive acts.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of any offense under this Act.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes any person to report to the Attorney General false election information.

Requires the Attorney General, if a report provides a reasonable basis to find that an election violation has occurred, to pursue any appropriate criminal prosecution or civil action and refer the matter to the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution or civil action, but only if such matter is otherwise under the Division's jurisdiction.

Prohibits the commencement of any investigation or legal action relating to a report until after the election concerned has been completed, unless the Attorney General: (1) reasonably believes it is necessary to pursue such investigation or legal proceedings promptly; and (2) reasonably determines that such investigation or legal proceeding will not inhibit any person from exercising right to vote.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Attorney General, immediately after receiving such a report, to consider and review it and, if there is a reasonable basis to find that false information has been communicated, to undertake all effective measures necessary to provide correct information to voters affected by the false information.

Authorizes any person who has made such a report about which the Attorney General fails to take corrective action to apply to a U.S. district court for an order requiring the Attorney General to take such action.

Requires the Attorney General to report to Congress on the procedures and standards intended to be used to provide corrective action.

Directs the Attorney General to study the feasibility of providing such corrective information through public service announcements, the emergency alert system, or other forms of public broadcast.

Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 6) Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress on any allegations of false information submitted which relate to any federal general election or to any preceding primary or ensuing run-off election.

]]> Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 S Senate Reported to Senate 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s453rs/xml/BILLS-110s453rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2007-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s453is/xml/BILLS-110s453is.xml 2007-10-04 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411. 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.