HOUSE 1275116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

Last Action: 3/22/2019

Actions

2019-03-22Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-02-14Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, 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.
2019-02-14Introduced in House
2019-02-14Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-14 (00)

Voter Empowerment Act of 2019

This bill addresses access to voting, including by

requiring states to allow online voter registration, establish automatic voter registration, permit same day voter registration, and accept voter registration applications from individuals under age 18;
prohibiting interference with voter registration or voting;
requiring paper ballots and manual counting for recounts and audits;
requiring states to allow early voting and voting by mail without additional conditions;
making grants to states for poll worker recruitment and training;
prohibiting certain political activities by a state's chief state election administration official;
making grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of the results of elections; and
permanently reauthorizing the Election Assistance Commission.

Cosponsors (8)

JAMES CLYBURN (D-SC)
STENY HOYER (D-MD)
JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
Joe Neguse (D-CO)
Paul Tonko (D-NY)
PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
Mike Quigley (D-IL)

Subjects

Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Commemorative events and holidays
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Commerce
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability and paralysis
Election Assistance Commission

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