[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S10738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself and Mrs. Clinton):
  S. 4034. A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to 
prohibit certain types of vote tampering; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 4034

       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 ``Voter Suppression, Ballot 
     Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act''.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON VOTE TAMPERING.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 29 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 612. Vote tampering

       ``(a) In General.--Whoever knowingly and willfully 
     interferes with, affects, attempts to interfere with, or 
     attempts to affect an election of a candidate or a ballot 
     initiative by tampering with a voting system, discarding 
     ballots, or altering a vote shall be fined under this title 
     or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
       ``(b) Application.--This section applies only to elections 
     described in, and candidates described in, section 11(e)(2) 
     of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973i(e)(2)).
       ``(c) Civil Action.--Any individual whose right to vote is 
     interfered with by reason of a violation of this section may 
     bring a civil action in Federal court against the violator 
     and recover damages not to exceed $10,000.
       ``(d) Definition.--In this section, the terms `vote' and 
     `voting' have the meanings given the terms in section 14(c) 
     of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973l(c)).''.
       (b) Chapter Analysis.--The chapter analysis for chapter 29 
     of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after the item for section 612 the following:

``612. Vote tampering.''.
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