3.0.0 739 2022-11-01T17:32:21Z 2022-11-01T17:32:21Z Senate S 2019-03-12 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-12T19:10:57Z Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019 116 1694 HR 2019-05-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2019-03-12 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-03-12 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-03-12 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-03-12 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-03-12 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-03-12 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-03-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-03-12 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-03-12 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-03-12 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-03-12 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2019-03-12 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-03-12 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-03-12 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-03-12 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-03-13 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-02-11 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-02-27 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-09-15 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 2019-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-23T21:22:32Z Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019

This bill modifies the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. Changes made by the bill include the following:

  • 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 also 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.

]]> Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019 Display Title Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s739is/xml/BILLS-116s739is.xml 2019-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.