Sec. 401. Study of factors adversely affecting ability of homeless and housing-unstable individuals to vote
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The Election Assistance Commission shall conduct a study identifying and analyzing on a State-by-State basis the factors which adversely affect the ability of individuals who are homeless or who are housing-unstable to vote in elections for public office, including the implementation of the REAL ID Act, State laws requiring voters to provide ID as a condition of voting, and the penalization of homelessness. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress and make available to the public a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), and shall include in the report recommendations to address the factors identified in the study.
In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.