[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8925 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8925

 To amend the Help America Vote of 2002 to require States to complete 
 prior to the date of an election for Federal office the tabulation of 
ballots for the election which were cast or received prior to the date 
                of the election, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2020

   Mr. Hall 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 of 2002 to require States to complete 
 prior to the date of an election for Federal office the tabulation of 
ballots for the election which were cast or received prior to the date 
                of the election, and for other purposes.

    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 ``John Lewis Prompt and Accurate 
Reporting of Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF TABULATION OF BALLOTS CAST OR 
              RECEIVED BEFORE DATE OF ELECTION.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF TABULATION OF BALLOTS CAST OR 
              RECEIVED BEFORE DATE OF ELECTION.

    ``(a) Deadline Described.--Each State shall ensure that all valid 
ballots in an election for Federal office which are cast prior to the 
date of the election, or which are received by mail by the appropriate 
election official prior to the date of the election, are tabulated 
prior to the date of the election.
    ``(b) No Requirement for Publication of Tabulation.--Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to require a State to publish the 
results of the tabulation of ballots under subsection (a) prior to the 
closing of the polls on the date of the election.''.
    (b) 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 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Deadline for completion of tabulation of ballots cast or 
                            received before date of election.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to any election for Federal office held after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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