3.0.0 1265 2023-01-11T13:18:37Z 2023-01-11T13:18:37Z Senate S S 2009-06-15 111 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-15T20:22:45Z Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009 111 3274 HR 2009-07-21 Referred to House Armed Services Related bill CRS 2009-06-15 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2009-06-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-06-15 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2009-06-15 True J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2009-06-16 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2009-06-16 False G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2009-06-17 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2009-06-23 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2009-07-06 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2009-07-06 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2009-07-10 False K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2009-07-10 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-07-15 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-07-15 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2009-07-21 False M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2009-07-24 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-06-15 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-15T19:30:23Z Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require designating direct each Secretary of a military department to designate an office on each Armed Forces installation to ensure that certain individuals are provided the opportunity to register to vote in federal elections, update voter registrations, and request absentee ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

Designates as those individuals those who are: (1) members of the Armed Forces and are undergoing a permanent change of duty station, deploying overseas for at least 6 months, returning from an overseas deployment of at least 6 months, or requests assistance related to voter registration; and (2) are dependents of members of the Armed Forces, request assistance, and are at least 18 years old.

Considers an office so designated to be a voter registration agency for all purposes of the Act.

Requires informing Armed Forces members and their dependents of the assistance available under this Act.

]]> Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009 Display Title Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide members of the Armed Forces and their family members equal access to voter registration assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1265is/xml/BILLS-111s1265is.xml 2009-06-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.