[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 16 (Monday, February 25, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1005-S1006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2922. Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to the bill S. 565, to 
establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and 
make recommendations regarding election technology, voting, and 
election administration, to establish a grant program under which the 
Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the 
Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities 
in improving election technology and the administration of Federal 
elections, to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory 
election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 
Federal elections, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 68, strike lines 5 through 17, and insert the 
     following:
       (a) Conspiracy To Deprive Voters of a Fair Election.--Any 
     individual who knowingly and willfully gives false 
     information in registering or voting in violation of section 
     11(c) of the National Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
     1973i(c)), or conspires with another to violate such section, 
     shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in accordance with 
     such section.
       (b) False Information in Registering and Voting.--Any 
     individual who knowingly commits fraud or knowingly makes a 
     false statement with respect to the naturalization, 
     citizenry, or alien registry of such individual in violation 
     of section 1015 of title 18, United States Code, shall be 
     fined or imprisoned, or both, in accordance with such 
     section.
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  SA 2923. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 565, to establish the Commission on 
Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations 
regarding election technology, voting, and election administration, to 
establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs 
and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall 
provide assistance to States and localities in improving election 
technology and the administration of Federal elections, to require 
States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and 
administration requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 54, strike lines 22 and 23, and insert the 
     following:

     necessary to provide such assistance;
       (I) the technical feasibility of providing voting materials 
     in 8 or more languages for voters who speak those languages 
     and who are limited English proficient; and
       (J) such other matters as the Commission
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  SA 2924. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 565, to 
establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and 
make recommendations regarding election technology, voting, and 
election administration, to establish a grant program under which the 
Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the 
Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities 
in improving election technology and the administration of Federal 
elections, to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory 
election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 
Federal elections, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 68, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN DRE VOTING 
                   SYSTEMS.

       In addition to any other payment made under section 206 or 
     215, the Attorney General may make retroactive payments under 
     such section (as appropriate) to any State or locality having 
     an application approved under section 203 or 213 (as 
     appropriate) for any costs incurred by such State or locality 
     for the purpose of acquiring a direct recording electronic 
     voting system during calendar year 1999 or calendar year 2000 
     if that State or locality is continuing to make payments for 
     such system as of the date of enactment of this Act.
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  SA 2925. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 565, to establish the Commission on 
Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations 
regarding election technology, voting, and election administration, to 
establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs 
and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall 
provide assistance to States and localities in improving election 
technology and the administration of Federal elections, to require 
States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and 
administration requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 14, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     The appropriate State or local official shall establish and 
     maintain reasonable procedures necessary to protect the 
     security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal 
     information collected, stored, or otherwise used by the free 
     access system established under paragraph (6)(B). Access to 
     information about an individual provisional ballot shall

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     be restricted to the individual who cast the ballot.
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  SA 2926. Mr. DODD (for Mr. Lieberman) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 565, to establish the Commission on Voting Rights and 
Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding election 
technology, voting, and election administration, to establish a grant 
program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights 
Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance to 
States and localities in improving election technology and the 
administration of Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform 
and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration 
requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 54, strike lines 22 and 23, and insert the 
     following:

     necessary to provide such assistance;
       (I)(i) the laws and procedures used by each State that 
     govern--
       (I) recounts of ballots cast in elections for Federal 
     office;
       (II) contests of determinations regarding whether votes are 
     counted in such elections; and
       (III) standards that define what will constitute a vote on 
     each type of voting equipment used in the State to conduct 
     elections for Federal office;
       (ii) the best practices (as identified by the Commission) 
     that are used by States with respect to the recounts and 
     contests described in clause (i); and
       (iii) whether or not there is a need for more consistency 
     among State recount and contest procedures used with respect 
     to elections for Federal office; and
       (J) such other matters as the Commission

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