[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1782 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1782

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  election day registration for elections for Federal office, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 1995

  Mr. Towns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  election day registration for elections for Federal office, and for 
                            other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Election Day Registration Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                       ``registration procedures

    ``Sec. 323. (a) An individual who is otherwise eligible to vote in 
an election for Federal office may register to vote in the election at 
the appropriate polling place on the date of the election.
    ``(b) Each State shall take such action as may be necessary, with 
respect to elections for Federal office, to provide for maximum 
accessibility to registration offices and forms.
    ``(c) The Commission shall, in consultation with the chief election 
officers of the States, prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out this section. In prescribing such regulations, the 
Commission shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take into 
consideration the need for uniformity in voter registration procedures 
in the States.
    ``(d) This section shall not prevent any State from providing 
greater access to voter registration than that provided for under this 
section.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall apply with respect to 
elections taking place after December 31, 1995.
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