Citizen Ballot Protection Act

Citizen Ballot Protection Act

This bill allows a state to include on its mail voter registration application form a requirement that the applicant provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8223 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8223

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement 
 that applicants provide proof of citizenship, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2022

 Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, 
 Mr. Crawford, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mrs. McClain, 
   Mr. Carey, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of 
Florida, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Gimenez, Ms. Van 
    Duyne, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Higgins of 
    Louisiana, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. 
  Westerman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State 
 to include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement 
 that applicants provide proof of citizenship, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Citizen Ballot Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTENTS OF STATE MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION FORM.

    (a) In General.--Section 6(a) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20505(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, except that a State 
        may, in addition to the criteria stated in section 9(b), 
        require that an applicant provide proof that the applicant is a 
        citizen of the United States'' after ``elections for Federal 
        office''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and such form may 
        include a requirement that the applicant provide proof that the 
        applicant is a citizen of the United States'' after ``elections 
        for Federal office''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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