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<dc:title>117 HR 8221 IH: To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission that includes information with respect to the voter list maintenance activities of the State, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2022-06-24</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8221</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20220624">June 24, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="P000609">Mr. Palmer</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HHA00">Committee on House Administration</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to submit a report to the Election Assistance Commission that includes information with respect to the voter list maintenance activities of the State, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H9DAA545FE8FA474DB8E9B54D16C804DC" style="OLC"><section id="H291FCDC89CB149A387BA1876D5AAE429" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>State reporting requirements with respect to voter list maintenance</header><subsection id="H64F85AEC16B54932A749FDDDCDCDE257"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/52/20507">52 U.S.C. 20507</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H0965C26FC91A49FCA2465D54871B517A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H26A4910C9B284575AA10824804B5645B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H89C9B91864BF44F8A380F56D5D45AE08" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The records maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include lists of the names and addresses of all registrants in a State who were inactive according to the criteria described in subsection (d)(1)(B) and the length of time each such registrant has been inactive according to such criteria.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B9B5954546949058E6379684F4025A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6DEC84C567954581A3A99A9D5D2890AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4E5209478F764064BE4426261C5D8BBE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H629B92DB2BB44CAD8E3ED5F98D567B10"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than June 30 of each odd-numbered year, each State shall submit to the Election Assistance Commission a report that includes, with respect to such State during the preceding 2-year period, the total number of—</text><paragraph id="H54F89BBF91DE40A1A777AC6F629E03B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>registrants who were inactive according to the criteria described in subsection (d)(1)(B) and the length of time each such registrant has been inactive according to such criteria;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H7DBF9A7F01BC4600A03BAB347B4409F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">registrants who voted in at least one of the prior 2 consecutive general elections for Federal office;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6D9CAE2ACBC140F68616005519CF9806"><enum>(3)</enum><text>registrants removed from the list of official voters in the State pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(B);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H531B6F3D7AF549C99D665C94CB3586B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notices sent to registrants pursuant to subsection (d)(2); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H70B999639B2140A58809174BFC465298"><enum>(5)</enum><text>registrants who received a notice described in paragraph (4) who responded to such notice. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE7A07832115948EAA8AD0BC0015C0C39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

