[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 35 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3422. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. VOTING RIGHTS.

       (a) Information for Incarcerated Individuals.--The Director 
     of the Bureau of Prisons shall immediately ensure that 
     individuals in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons are 
     provided information regarding the voting rights restoration 
     process upon release and return to their home State.
       (b) Notice in Criminal Cases.--The Attorney General shall 
     require that the United States attorneys provide notice to 
     defendants in Federal criminal cases regarding the loss of 
     the right to vote as a result of a plea agreement to any 
     disfranchising offense, whether the offense is a misdemeanor 
     or felony.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 
     report on the disproportionate impact of Federal and State 
     criminal disenfranchisement laws on minority populations, 
     which shall include data on disfranchisement rates by race 
     and ethnicity.
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