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To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Sec-retary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to States upon request which will enable States to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals reg-istered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. R

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introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Social Security to provide information to States upon request which will enable States to verify the citizenship status of applicants for voter registration in elections for Federal office in the State and remove individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the list of individuals registered to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting American

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Voters Act’’.

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SEC. 2. REQUIRING PROVISION OF INFORMATION UPON RE-

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QUEST TO ENABLE STATES TO VERIFY CITI-

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ZENSHIP STATUS OF APPLICANTS FOR

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VOTER REGISTRATION AND INDIVIDUALS ON

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VOTER REGISTRATION LISTS.

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(a) P

ROVISION OF

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NFORMATION

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PON

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EQUEST

.—

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Section 9 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993

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(52 U.S.C. 20508) is amended by adding at the end the

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following new subsection:

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‘‘(c) P

ROVISION OF

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NFORMATION

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PON

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EQUEST

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TO

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NABLE

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TATES TO

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ERIFY

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ITIZENSHIP

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TATUS OF

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A

PPLICANTS AND

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EGISTRANTS

.—

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‘‘(1) I

N GENERAL

.—At the request of a State

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election official, the Secretary of Homeland Security

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and the Commissioner of the Social Security Admin-

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istration shall provide the official with such informa-

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tion as may be necessary to enable the official to

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verify that an applicant for voter registration in elec-

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tions for Federal office held in the State or a reg-

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istrant on the official list of eligible voters in elec-

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3 tions for Federal office held in the State is a citizen

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of the United States.

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‘‘(2) U

SE OF SAVE SYSTEM

.—The Secretary of

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Homeland Security may respond to a request re-

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ceived under paragraph (1) by using the system for

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the verification of immigration status under the ap-

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plicable provisions of section 1137 of the Social Se-

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curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7), as established pur-

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suant to section 121(c) of the Immigration Reform

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and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–603).

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‘‘(3) S

HARING OF INFORMATION

.—The Sec-

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retary and the Commissioner may share information

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with each other with respect to an individual who is

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the subject of a request received under paragraph

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(1) in order to enable the Secretary and the Com-

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missioner to respond to the request.

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‘‘(4) P

RIVACY

.—The Secretary shall carry out

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this subsection in accordance with such safeguards

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as the Commissioner determines to be necessary or

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appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the so-

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cial security account number of any individual.

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‘‘(5) P

ROHIBITING FEES

.—The Secretary may

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not charge a fee for responding to a State’s request

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under paragraph (1).

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