3.0.0 2168 2019-02-20T12:20:45Z 2019-02-23T17:38:35Z House HR 2013-05-23 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HECK of Washington:H.R. 2168.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 clause 12, which gives Congress theauthority to ``raise and support Armies'';Article I Section 4, which gives Congress the authority toenact legislation pertaining to the time and manner by whichRepresentatives and Senators are elected;The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, whichguarantees, in part, that no State shall ``deny to any personwithin its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws,''which the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled to beinclusive of those laws pertaining to the right to vote.[Page H2957]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2013-05-23T13:07:40Z Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 113 123 S 2013-01-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 2013-05-23 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2013-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001064 Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] Denny Heck D WA 10 N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional elections Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Military personnel and dependents State and local government operations Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2013-05-23 Introduced in House 2013-08-27T20:50:13Z Helping Heroes Vote Act of 2013 - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to notify the appropriate election official of the state in which a servicemember is registered to vote of any change in the servicemember's current mailing address due to being deployed on active duty for more than 30 days away from his or her permanent duty station or being redeployed without first returning to such duty station.

Repeals a state's authority to waive ballot transmission requirements with respect to absentee military voters and overseas citizens who request such ballots within 45 days of a federal election. Requires the use of express delivery in the case of a failure to meet such requirement.

Requires each state to establish alternative procedures to accept and process absentee ballots of military voters and overseas citizens in the event of a major disaster in that state.

Prohibits a state from refusing to accept voter registration and absentee ballot applications from overseas voters (under current law, only from absent servicemember voters) on the grounds of early submission.

Authorizes additional funding to carry out the Act.

]]> Helping Heroes Vote Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Helping Heroes Vote Act of 2013 Display Title Helping Heroes Vote Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to promote the efficient delivery and receipt of absentee ballots and other voting materials to absent uniformed services voters, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2168ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2168ih.xml 2013-05-23 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.