3.0.0 871 2023-01-11T13:28:31Z 2023-01-11T13:28:31Z House HR 2015-02-11 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JEFFRIES:H.R. 871.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United StatesConstitution related to general welfare of the United States.[Page H982]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2015-03-16T20:22:22Z Referred to 2015-02-11T15:04:25Z 2015-03-16 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2015-02-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2015-02-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-02-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000294 Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] Hakeem Jeffries D NY S. 8 N M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 2015-02-11 True F000462 Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] Lois Frankel D FL 22 2015-09-29 False Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonment Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-02-11 Introduced in House 2015-02-28T15:51:56Z Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015

This bill amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons to include among reentry planning procedures the provision to federal prisoners of information about: (1) the laws and regulations governing the right of an individual convicted of a felony who has been released from prison to vote in each state, and (2) any voter registration or application forms the prisoner will need to complete in order to vote in the state in which the prisoner will reside upon release.

The term "state" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

]]> Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015 Display Title Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the Bureau of Prisons to provide certain voting information to Federal prisoners upon their release from prison. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Formerly Incarcerated Voter Registration Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr871ih/xml/BILLS-114hr871ih.xml 2015-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. 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.