[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6194 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6194

   To prohibit the enforcement of any requirement that an individual 
produce a photo identification as a condition of registering to vote or 
voting in an election for Federal office unless the requirement was in 
                      effect as of June 25, 2013.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2016

 Mr. Veasey (for himself, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
  Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, and Mr. Pocan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the enforcement of any requirement that an individual 
produce a photo identification as a condition of registering to vote or 
voting in an election for Federal office unless the requirement was in 
                      effect as of June 25, 2013.

    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 ``All Ballots Count Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PHOTO IDENTIFICATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Requirements Applicable to Voter Registration.--Section 8 of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Prohibiting Enforcement of Photo Identification 
Requirements.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--An election official may not enforce 
        any requirement that an individual produce a photo 
        identification as a condition of registering to vote in an 
        election for Federal office, except to the extent that the 
        requirement was in effect as of June 25, 2013.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
        be construed to prohibit a State from repealing a requirement 
        under State law that an individual produce a photo 
        identification as a condition of registering to vote in an 
        election for Federal office.''.
    (b) Requirements Applicable to Voting.--
            (1) In general.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help 
        America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended 
        by inserting after section 303 the following new section:

``SEC. 303A. PROHIBITING ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN PHOTO IDENTIFICATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--An election official may not enforce any 
requirement that an individual produce a photo identification as a 
condition of voting in an election for Federal office, except to the 
extent that the requirement was in effect as of June 25, 2013.
    ``(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this subsection may be 
construed to prohibit a State from repealing a requirement under State 
law that an individual produce a photo identification as a condition of 
voting in an election for Federal office.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment relating to enforcement.--Section 
        401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ``and 
        303'' and inserting ``303, and 303A''.
            (3) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such Act 
        is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 303A. Prohibiting enforcement of certain photo identification 
                            requirements.''.
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