[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 775 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 775

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to exempt election officials 
                       from Federal jury service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2013

 Mr. Griffith of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
Goodlatte, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Wolf, and 
  Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to exempt election officials 
                       from Federal jury service.

    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 ``Uninterrupted Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM FEDERAL JURY DUTY.

    Section 1863 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) Each plan under this section shall provide that a election 
or registration official, if named as a prospective juror, is exempt 
from starting service as a juror during any election period.
    ``(2) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `election or registration official' means an 
        appointed or elected local election administrator, or a 
        permanent full-time employee of such an administrator, whose 
        duties include the registration of voters or the administration 
        of elections; and
            ``(B) the term `election period' means the period beginning 
        60 days before and ending 30 days after an election with 
        respect to which the election or registration official has any 
        of the duties described in subparagraph (A).''.
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