,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,olson introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,national ,voter 
,registration ,act of #aiic to increase 
the penalties imposed for intimidating1 
threatening1 or coercing any person from
 engaging in voter registration         
activities or for procuring1 submitting1
 or casting false voter registration    
applications or ballots1 to require     
election officials to transmit voter    
registration cards and absentee ballots 
to voters in elections for ,federal     
office through the use of the automated 
tagging and tracing services provided by
 the ,united ,states ,postal ,service1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,voter ,fraud ,prevention ,act4  #b4    
,increase in penalties for criminal     
activities involving voter registration 

and voting  7a7 ,increase in length of  
term of imprisonment ,section #ab of the
 ,national ,voter ,registration ,act of 
#aiic 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;gg-#aj7 is   
amended in the matter following         
paragraph 7#b7 by striking #e years and 
inserting #aj years4  7b7 ,prohibition  
from voting in subsequent elections     
,section #ab of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #aigc;gg-#aj7 is amended in the matter 
following paragraph 7#b7 by striking the
 period at the end and inserting the    
following3 and1 in the case of an       
individual1 shall not be permitted to   
cast a ballot in any subsequent election
 for ,federal office44  7c7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply with respect to     
violations occurring on or after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4  #c4
 ,requiring use of automated tagging and
 tracing services for voter registration
 cards and absentee ballots  7a7 ,voter 
registration cards  7#a7 ,in general    
,section #h7;a7 of the ,national ,voter 

,registration ,act of #aiic 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;gg-#f7;a77 is amended-- 
7,a7 by striking and at the end of      
paragraph 7#e72  7,b7 by striking the   
period at the end of paragraph 7#f7 and 
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#g7 in transmitting voter registration 
cards to individuals who are registered 
to vote--  7,a7 ensure that any tray or 
sack containing such cards is tagged    
with ,tag #aia or some other similar    
tagging device used by the ,united      
,states ,postal ,service to provide     
greater visibility to containers of such
 cards1 and  7,b7 use ,i,mb ,tracing or 
other similar tracking methods made     
available by the ,united ,states ,postal
 ,service to provide real-time tracking 
information for such cards4  4  7#b7    
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
paragraph 7#a7 shall apply with respect 
to elections for ,federal office held on
 or after ,january #a1 #bjad4  7b7      
,absentee ballots  7#a7 ,in general     

,title ,,iii of the ,help ,america ,vote
 ,act of #bjjb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aedha et 
seq47 is amended--  7,a7 by             
redesignating sections #cjd and #cje as 
sections #cje and #cjf2 and  7,b7 by    
inserting after section #cjc the        
following new section3  #cjd4 ,use of   
automated tagging and tracing services  
for absentee ballots  7a7 ,requiring use
 of automated tagging and tracing ,in   
transmitting blank absentee ballots to  
individuals who are eligible to vote by 
absentee ballot in an election for      
,federal office1 the appropriate ,state 
election official shall--  7#a7 ensure  
that any tray or sack containing such   
ballots is tagged with ,tag #aia or some
 other similar tagging device used by   
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service to 
provide greater visibility to containers
 of such ballots2 and  7#b7 use ,i,mb   
,tracing or other similar tracking      
methods made available by the ,united   
,states ,postal ,service to provide     
real-time tracking information for such 

ballots4  7b7 ,effective date           
,subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect
 to elections for ,federal office held  
on or after ,january #a1 #bjad4  4  7#b7
 ,conforming amendment relating to      
enforcement ,section #dja of such ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aeeaa7 is amended by    
striking sections #cja1 #cjb1 and #cjc  
and inserting subtitle ,a of title      
,,iii4  7#c7 ,clerical amendment ,the   
table of contents of such ,act is       
amended--  7,a7 by redesignating the    
items relating to sections #cjd and #cje
 as relating to sections #cje and #cjf2 
and  7,b7 by inserting after the item   
relating to section #cjc the following  
new item3  ,sec4 #cjd4 ,use of automated
 tagging and tracing services for       
absentee ballots4  4  7c7 ,report on    
efforts ,to deter and prevent loss and  
theft of voter registration cards and   
absentee ballots ,not later than #ij    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,postmaster ,general     
shall submit a report to ,congress      

detailing the efforts that the          
,postmaster ,general has undertaken to  
deter and prevent the loss and theft of 
voter registration cards and blank      
absentee ballots which are transmitted  
to voters in elections for ,federal     
office4