3.0.0 1566 2022-11-01T05:47:44Z 2022-11-01T05:47:44Z Senate S 2019-05-21 116 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-21T18:57:05Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 116 1790 S 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-92. Related bill CRS 2019-05-21 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2019-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-05-21 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2019-05-21 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-05-21 True Armed Forces and National Security Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Military personnel and dependents State and local government operations Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2019-06-17T16:18:18Z Military Voting Protection Act

This bill requires military departments to provide members of the Armed Forces with a federal write-in absentee ballot together with instructions on the appropriate use of the ballot with respect to the state in which the member is registered to vote. Members intending to vote in a state that does not accept the federal write-in absentee ballot as a simultaneous application and acceptable ballot for federal elections must be provided a briefing on, and an opportunity to fill out, the official post card form for absentee voter registration application and absentee ballot application.

]]> Military Voting Protection Act Display Title Military Voting Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Military Voting Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require information and opportunities for registration for voting and absentee ballot requests for members of the Armed Forces who are undergoing deployment overseas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1566is/xml/BILLS-116s1566is.xml 2019-05-21 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.