3.0.0 3543 2023-01-11T13:41:10Z 2023-01-11T13:41:10Z Senate S 2018-10-03 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-10-03T20:44:36Z Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018 115 7127 HR 2018-11-14 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2018-10-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-10-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-10-03 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2018-10-03 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-10-03 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-10-03 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-10-03 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-10-03 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-10-03 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-10-03 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-10-03 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-10-03 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-10-03 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-10-03 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-12-03 False Native Americans Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Civil actions and liability Due process and equal protection Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal-Indian relations Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement administration and funding Legal fees and court costs Postal service Racial and ethnic relations State and local government operations Voting rights Native Americans 00 2018-10-03 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-21T15:27:42Z Native American Voting Rights Act of 2018

This bill updates the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. These updates include, but are not limited to:

  • expanding the types of facilities that can be used as voter registration agencies,
  • increasing polling site accessibility,
  • providing enforcement power to citizens and attorneys general,
  • requiring approval for actions like moving a polling place,
  • validating certain tribal identification for voting or registering, and
  • expanding requirements for bilingual voting accessibility.

The bill establishes a Native American voting task force grant program for the purpose of increasing voter outreach, education, registration, turnout, and accessibility for Native American communities.

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