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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 7959 (Introduced in House) — To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to clarify the authority of States to remove noncitizens from vo... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Promoting effective maintenance of voter registration lists

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Section 8(a)(4) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(4) ) is amended— by striking or at the end of subparagraph (A); by redesignating subparagraph
(B)as subparagraph (C); and by inserting after subparagraph
(A)the following new subparagraph: the registrant’s status as a noncitizen of the United States; or . Section 8(c)(2)(B)(i) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)(B)(i) ) is amended by striking (4)(A) and inserting (4)(A) or
(B). Section 8(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (5)(B), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: in the case of a State that allows individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for public office in the State or any local jurisdiction of the State, ensure that the name of any registrant who is not a citizen of the United States is maintained on a voter registration list that is separate from the official list of eligible voters with respect to registrants who are citizens of the United States. . Section 301(a)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: In the case of a State or local jurisdiction that allows individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for public office in the State or local jurisdiction, the ballot used for the casting of votes by a noncitizen in such State or local jurisdiction may only include the candidates for the elections for public office in the State or local jurisdiction for which the noncitizen is permitted to vote. . Title IX of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21141 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount of a payment under this Act to any State or local jurisdiction that allows individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for public office in the State or local jurisdiction shall be reduced by 30 percent. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 907. Reduction in payments to States or local jurisdictions that allow noncitizen voting. . Subparagraph
(A)of section 303(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(2) ) is amended— by redesignating clause
(iii)as clause (iv); and by inserting after clause
(ii)the following new clause: For purposes of removing names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters by reason of citizenship status, the State shall coordinate the computerized list with records of courts which have recused individuals from serving on a jury on the grounds that the individuals are not citizens of the United States. . If a United States district court or a court of any State or local jurisdiction recuses an individual from serving on a jury on the grounds that the individual is not a citizen of the United States, the court shall transmit a notice of the individual’s recusal— to the chief State election official of the State in which the individual resides; and to the Attorney General. For purposes of this subsection— the chief State election official of a State is the individual designated by the State under section 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20509 ) to be responsible for coordination of the State’s responsibilities under such Act; and the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Sec. 3
Promoting effective maintenance of voter registration lists
U.S.C.§ 20507
U.S.C.§ 21081
U.S.C.§ 21141
U.S.C.§ 21083
U.S.C.§ 20509
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