3.0.0 3526 2023-01-11T13:34:43Z 2023-01-11T13:34:43Z Senate S 2016-12-08 114 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-12-08T21:34:06Z 2016-12-08 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2016-12-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2016-12-08 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-12-08 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-12-08 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-12-08 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-12-08 True Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 00 2016-12-08 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-03T19:34:35Z Louis L. Redding Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2016 or the FAST Voting Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants, on a competitive basis, to enable states to: (1) invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls, and (2) simplify voter registration.

The grant application shall include a comprehensive and coherent plan for using funds to improve the applicant's performance on specified measures with respect to: (1) flexible registration opportunities, (2) early and absentee voting, (3) assistance to non-English speaking and disabled voters, and (4) other related matters.

Each grantee shall establish performance measures and targets, approved by DOJ , that track its progress in implementing its plan and expediting voting at the polls or simplifying voter registration, as applicable.

]]> FAST Voting Act of 2016 Display Title FAST Voting Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide incentives for States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at the polls and to simplify voter registration. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FAST Voting Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Louis L. Redding Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Voting Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3526is/xml/BILLS-114s3526is.xml 2016-12-08 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.