[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 951 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 951

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to require an applicant for voter registration in the State who uses 
 the Federal mail voter registration application form developed by the 
 Election Assistance Commission under such Act to provide documentary 
evidence of citizenship as a condition of the State's acceptance of the 
                                 form.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2015

  Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. 
 Schweikert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to require an applicant for voter registration in the State who uses 
 the Federal mail voter registration application form developed by the 
 Election Assistance Commission under such Act to provide documentary 
evidence of citizenship as a condition of the State's acceptance of the 
                                 form.

    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 ``State Sovereignty in Voting Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING STATES TO REQUIRE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICANTS 
              USING FEDERAL MAIL FORM TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF 
              CITIZENSHIP AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505(a)(1)) is amended by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the following: ``, except that a State may 
require an applicant who submits such form to provide documentary 
evidence of the applicant's citizenship as a condition of the State's 
acceptance of the form.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections for Federal office held after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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