[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5776 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5776

 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish standards for 
the distribution of voter registration application forms, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2006

  Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish standards for 
the distribution of voter registration application forms, 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 ``Voter Bounty Registration Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION 
              FORMS.

    (a) Standards Described.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 303 the following new section:

``SEC. 303A. STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION 
              APPLICATION FORMS.

    ``(a) Standards Described.--
            ``(1) In general.--An individual may not distribute a voter 
        registration application form for elections for Federal office 
        held in a State if the individual--
                    ``(A) is not registered to vote in elections for 
                Federal office held in the State;
                    ``(B) has been convicted of a felony under any 
                State or Federal law;
                    ``(C) does not sign and print legibly the 
                individual's name on the form; or
                    ``(D) does not provide identifying information 
                (including the individual's name, address, and other 
                appropriate contact information, including the name and 
                address of any organization which pays the individual 
                directly or indirectly to distribute such forms) to the 
                election official to whom the form will be submitted 
                upon completion by the applicant.
            ``(2) Exception for unpaid distributions.--Paragraph (1) 
        does not apply with respect to the distribution of a voter 
        registration application form by an individual who is not 
        compensated directly or indirectly for the distribution of the 
        form.
    ``(b) Penalties.--
            ``(1) Distribution of forms by individuals not meeting 
        standards.--Any individual who distributes a voter registration 
        application form for elections for Federal office in a State in 
        violation of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
        and fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code.
            ``(2) Employment of ineligible individual to distribute 
        forms.--Any person who employs an individual to distribute 
        voter registration application forms for elections for Federal 
        office in a State and who knows, or should reasonably be 
        expected to know, that the individual does not meet the 
        standards described in subsection (a) shall be guilty of a 
        misdemeanor and fined in accordance with title 18, United 
        States Code.
    ``(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
voter registration application forms distributed on or after the 
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of the Voter Bounty Registration Act of 2006.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
following:

``Sec. 303A. Standards for distribution of voter registration 
                            application forms.''.
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