[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4496 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4496

    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
    requirements for voter registration with respect to District of 
              Columbia elections, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

Mr. Norman (for himself and Mr. Moylan) 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 Act of 2002 to establish certain 
    requirements for voter registration with respect to District of 
              Columbia elections, 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 ``American Confidence in Elections: 
District of Columbia Voter List Maintenance Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirements.--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, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
              ELECTIONS.

    ``(a) Annual List Maintenance.--
            ``(1) Requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The District of Columbia shall 
                carry out annually a program to remove ineligible 
                persons from the official list of persons registered to 
                vote in the District of Columbia, as required by 
                section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
                1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) and pursuant to the procedures 
                described in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Removal from voter rolls.--In the case of a 
                registrant from the official list of eligible voters in 
                District of Columbia elections who has failed to vote 
                in a District of Columbia election during a period of 
                two consecutive years, the District of Columbia shall 
                send to such registrant a notice described in section 
                8(d)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
                (52 U.S.C. 20507(d)(2)) and shall remove the registrant 
                from the official list of eligible voters in District 
                of Columbia elections if--
                            ``(i) the registrant fails to respond to 
                        such notice; and
                            ``(ii) the registrant has not voted or 
                        appeared to vote in a District of Columbia 
                        election during the period beginning the date 
                        such notice is sent and ending the later of 4 
                        years after the date such notice is sent or 
                        after two consecutive District of Columbia 
                        general elections have been held.
            ``(2) Timing.--In the case of a year during which a 
        regularly scheduled District of Columbia election is held, the 
        District of Columbia shall carry out the program described in 
        paragraph (1) not later than 90 days prior to the date of the 
        election.
    ``(b) Prohibiting Same-Day Registration.--The District of Columbia 
may not permit an individual to vote in a District of Columbia election 
unless, not later than 30 days prior to the date of the election, the 
individual is duly registered to vote in the election.
    ``(c) District of Columbia Election Defined.--In this section, the 
term `District of Columbia election' means any election for public 
office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal 
office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (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, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Requirements for voter registration in District of Columbia 
                            elections.''.
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