3.0.0 5326 2023-08-31T15:00:32Z 2023-08-31T15:00:32Z Senate S 2022-12-20 117 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-12-21T00:02:42Z Expanding the VOTE Act 117 8770 HR 2022-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474. Identical bill CRS 2022-12-20 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2022-12-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-12-20 True L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2022-12-20 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2022-12-20 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2022-12-20 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-12-20 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2022-12-20 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2022-12-20 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-12-20 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2022-12-20 True Government Operations and Politics Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign language and bilingual programs Government studies and investigations State and local government operations Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2022-12-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-15T10:44:40Z Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act or the Expanding the VOTE Act

This bill expands access to voting materials for individuals with limited proficiency in the English language, including by establishing incentive grants for states and political subdivisions to provide translated voting materials. Additionally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the impact of (1) reducing the threshold requirement under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and (2) expanding the definition of language minorities to include native speakers of additional languages.

]]> Expanding the VOTE Act Display Title Expanding the VOTE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Expanding the VOTE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5326is/xml/BILLS-117s5326is.xml 2022-12-20 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.