[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 51 (Friday, March 20, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1447-S1448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4722. Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 4420 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Schmitt) 
to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on 
Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

        At the end of title I, insert the following:

               Subtitle D--Safe Harbor for Certain States

     SEC. 131. SAFE HARBOR FOR CERTAIN STATES.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered 
     election procedures'' means the laws or procedures of a State 
     with respect to--
       (1) verification of voter eligibility for elections for 
     Federal office;
       (2) maintenance of official lists of individuals registered 
     as eligible voters for Federal office;
       (3) authentication of absentee ballots in elections for 
     Federal office;
       (4) identification and resolution of discrepancies in voter 
     registration, documentary proof of citizenship, identity 
     information, or other eligibility-related information;
       (5) curing deficiencies with respect to absentee ballots in 
     elections for Federal office; and
       (6) audits, reconciliation, or other review conducted after 
     an election for Federal office to assess compliance and the 
     accuracy, security, and integrity of election administration.
       (b) Safe Harbor.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, any State that, on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, has in effect covered election procedures or comparable 
     election integrity safeguards for elections for Federal 
     office in the State--
       (1) shall be deemed in compliance with sections 101 and 111 
     and the amendments made by those sections; and
       (2) shall be exempt from taking any further action to 
     comply with sections 101 and 111 and the amendments made by 
     those sections.

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     SEC. 132. NO PREEMPTION OF STATE ELECTION PROCEDURES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, nothing in 
     this title shall be construed to modify, conflict with, 
     preempt, or otherwise affect any covered election procedure, 
     as defined in section 131(a), of a State.
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