[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4582. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 596. STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS TO VOTING FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OVERSEAS.

       (a) Study Required.--The Director of the Federal Voting 
     Assistance Program of the Department of Defense shall conduct 
     a study on means of improving access to voting for members of 
     the Armed Forces overseas.
       (b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2023, the 
     Director shall submit to Congress a report on the results of 
     the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall 
     include the following:
       (1) The results of a survey, undertaken for purposes of the 
     study, of Voting Assistance Officers and members of the Armed 
     Forces overseas on means of improving access to voting for 
     such members, including through the establishment of unit-
     level assistance mechanisms or permanent voting assistance 
     offices.
       (2) An estimate of the costs and requirements in connection 
     with an expansion of the number of Voting Assistance Officers 
     in order to fully meet the needs of members of the Armed 
     Forces overseas for access to voting.
       (3) A description and assessment of various actions to be 
     undertaken under the Federal Voting Assistance Program in 
     order to increase the capabilities of the Voting Assistance 
     Officer program.
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