[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 423 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 423

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prevent the addresses of 
      the residences of Members of Congress from appearing on the 
    computerized Statewide voter registration lists required to be 
maintained by States under such Act, and to permit a Member of Congress 
 who seeks to be a candidate for election for public office in a State 
  to meet any requirement under State law to provide the appropriate 
    election official with the address of the Member's residence by 
     providing the chief State election official with an affidavit 
         certifying that the Member is a resident of the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2011

   Mr. Baca 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 prevent the addresses of 
      the residences of Members of Congress from appearing on the 
    computerized Statewide voter registration lists required to be 
maintained by States under such Act, and to permit a Member of Congress 
 who seeks to be a candidate for election for public office in a State 
  to meet any requirement under State law to provide the appropriate 
    election official with the address of the Member's residence by 
     providing the chief State election official with an affidavit 
         certifying that the Member is a resident of the State.

    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 ``Member Address Privacy and 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING APPEARANCE OF ADDRESS OF RESIDENCE OF MEMBER OF 
              CONGRESS ON STATE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST.

    (a) In General.--Section 303(a)(3) of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(3)) is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ``, and to prevent the display on the 
list of the address of the residence of any Member of Congress (except 
as may be required for a State election official to verify the Member's 
voter registration information). For purposes of the previous sentence, 
the term `Member of Congress' means a Senator or a Representative in, 
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period that begins on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. PERMITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SEEKING ELECTION FOR PUBLIC 
              OFFICE TO MEET DECLARATION OF RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT UNDER 
              STATE LAW BY PROVIDING AFFIDAVIT CERTIFYING RESIDENCE IN 
              THE STATE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
State imposes a requirement on an individual who seeks to be a 
candidate for election for public office in the State to provide an 
election official of the State with the address of the individual's 
residence, a Member of Congress may meet the requirement by filing a 
signed affidavit with the chief State election official certifying that 
the Member is a resident of the State.
    (b) Definitions.--In subsection (a)--
            (1) the ``chief State election official'' of a State is the 
        individual designated by the State under section 10 of the 
        National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-8) to 
        be responsible for the coordination of the State's 
        responsibilities under such Act;
            (2) the term ``Member of Congress'' means a Senator or a 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress; and
            (3) the term ``State'' means each of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
        American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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