To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
• Committee on House Administration• Veterans' Affairs Committee• Judiciary Committee• Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee• Economic Opportunity Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to make available online voter registration. The federal criminal code is amended to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended to require states to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must support pilot programs enabling individuals with disabilities to register and vote at their residences. The bill reauthorizes support for state and local governments to ensure voting access for individuals with disabilities. States must notify individuals convicted of a criminal offense under state law, upon release or upon sentence to probation, of their right to vote in federal elections. Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2017 This bill revises auditing requirements for voting systems. Voting systems must use individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots. The National Science Foundation must support the study and development of accessible ballot voting and best practices to enhance the accessibility of voting for certain individuals. With exceptions, states must audit federal election results. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended to extend the guarantee of voting residency to family members of absent military personnel. The EAC must support poll-worker recruitment and training and develop materials for a model program. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended to prohibit a chief state election administration official, unless the official or a family member is a candidate, from taking part in political management or in a political campaign for federal office over which the official has supervisory authority. The EAC is reauthorized and its exemption from certain contracting requirements is repealed.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAdult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsCivil actions and liabilityComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional electionsCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisEducational facilities and institutionsElection Assistance CommissionElections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployee leaveEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaMilitary personnel and dependentsNorthern Mariana IslandsPostal servicePublic contracts and procurementRight of privacyState and local government operationsTelephone and wireless communicationU.S. territories and protectoratesVoting rights
To modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-12| House
| Updated: 7/14/2017
Voter Empowerment Act of 2017 Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require states to make available online voter registration. The federal criminal code is amended to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 is amended to require states to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must support pilot programs enabling individuals with disabilities to register and vote at their residences. The bill reauthorizes support for state and local governments to ensure voting access for individuals with disabilities. States must notify individuals convicted of a criminal offense under state law, upon release or upon sentence to probation, of their right to vote in federal elections. Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2017 This bill revises auditing requirements for voting systems. Voting systems must use individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots. The National Science Foundation must support the study and development of accessible ballot voting and best practices to enhance the accessibility of voting for certain individuals. With exceptions, states must audit federal election results. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended to extend the guarantee of voting residency to family members of absent military personnel. The EAC must support poll-worker recruitment and training and develop materials for a model program. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended to prohibit a chief state election administration official, unless the official or a family member is a candidate, from taking part in political management or in a political campaign for federal office over which the official has supervisory authority. The EAC is reauthorized and its exemption from certain contracting requirements is repealed.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
• Committee on House Administration• Veterans' Affairs Committee• Judiciary Committee• Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee• Economic Opportunity Subcommittee• Science, Space, and Technology Committee• Education and Workforce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAdult education and literacyAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsCivil actions and liabilityComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional electionsCongressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsCriminal procedure and sentencingDepartment of JusticeDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisEducational facilities and institutionsElection Assistance CommissionElections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployee leaveEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHigher educationInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaMilitary personnel and dependentsNorthern Mariana IslandsPostal servicePublic contracts and procurementRight of privacyState and local government operationsTelephone and wireless communicationU.S. territories and protectoratesVoting rights