American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Photographic Poll Books Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4487

 To establish certain requirements with respect to the inclusion of a 
  photograph or digital image of the likeness of an individual who is 
 eligible to vote in a District of Columbia election in the poll book 
which contains the name of the individuals who are eligible to vote in 
       the District of Columbia election, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

 Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish certain requirements with respect to the inclusion of a 
  photograph or digital image of the likeness of an individual who is 
 eligible to vote in a District of Columbia election in the poll book 
which contains the name of the individuals who are eligible to vote in 
       the District of Columbia election, 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 ``American Confidence in Elections: 
District of Columbia Photographic Poll Books Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PHOTOS IN POLL BOOKS WITH RESPECT TO DISTRICT 
              OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirements.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. INCLUSION OF PHOTOS IN POLL BOOKS WITH RESPECT TO A 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION.

    ``(a) Methods for Obtaining Photos.--
            ``(1) Provision of photos by offices of district of 
        columbia government.--If any office of the District of Columbia 
        government has a photograph or digital image of the likeness of 
        an individual who is eligible to vote in a District of Columbia 
        election, the office, in consultation with the chief election 
        official of the District of Columbia, shall provide access to 
        the photograph or digital image to the chief election official 
        of the District of Columbia.
            ``(2) Taking of photos at polling place.--If a photograph 
        or digital image of an individual who votes in person at a 
        polling place is not included in the poll book which contains 
        the name of the individuals who are eligible to vote in the 
        District of Columbia election and which is used by election 
        officials to provide ballots to such eligible individuals, the 
        appropriate election official shall take a photograph of the 
        individual and provide access to the photograph to the chief 
        election official of the District of Columbia.
            ``(3) Copies of photos provided by individuals not voting 
        in person.--The election official who receives a copy of a 
        valid photo identification which is submitted by an individual 
        who desires to vote other than in person at a polling place 
        shall provide access to the copy of the identification to the 
        chief election official of the District of Columbia.
    ``(b) Inclusion in Poll Books.--The chief election official of the 
District of Columbia shall ensure that a photograph, digital image, or 
copy of an identification for which access is provided under subsection 
(a) is included in the poll book which contains the name of the 
individuals who are eligible to vote in the District of Columbia 
election and which is used by election officials to provide ballots to 
such eligible individuals.
    ``(c) Protection of Privacy of Voters.--The appropriate election 
officials of the District of Columbia shall ensure that any photograph, 
digital image, or copy of an identification which is included in a poll 
book under this section is not used for any purpose other than the 
administration of District of Columbia elections and is not provided or 
otherwise made available to any other person except as may be necessary 
to carry out that purpose.
    ``(d) District of Columbia Election Defined.--In this section, the 
term `District of Columbia election' means any election for public 
office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal 
office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Inclusion of photos in poll books with respect to a 
                            District of Columbia election.''.
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