[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 91 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 91

  To delay enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
 until such time as Congress appropriates funds to implement such Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Coverdell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To delay enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
 until such time as Congress appropriates funds to implement such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT IMPLEMENTATION.

    The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 13 as section 14;
            (2) by inserting after section 12, the following new 
        section 13:

``SEC. 13. FEDERAL FUNDING.

    ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make grants to the 
States sufficient to implement this Act.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.''; 
and
            (3) by amending section 14--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``or'';
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (B), and inserting ``or''; and
                            (iii) by adding the following new 
                        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) 180 days after the date on which Congress 
                appropriates funds pursuant to section 13(b); and''; 
                and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) with respect to any State not described in paragraph 
        (1), the later of--
                    ``(A) January 1, 1995; or
                    ``(B) 180 days after the date on which Congress 
                appropriates funds pursuant to section 13(b).''.
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