I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 423 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2011 Mr. Baca introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Member Address Privacy and Protection Act.

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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.

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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.