,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fde ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #ag1 #bjai,mr4 ,cicilline 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,craig1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,cunningham1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,golden1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 and ,mr4 ,cartwright7 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 require each ,state to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the ,state motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for ,federal office held in the ,state unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,automatic ,voter ,registration ,act4 #b4 ,automatic voter registration through ,state motor vehicle authorities 7a7 ,automatic ,voter ,registration ,section #e of the ,national ,voter ,registration ,act of #aiic 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejd7 is amended to read as follows3 #e4 ,automatic voter registration through motor vehicle authority 7a7 ,transmission of ,information to ,election ,officials 7#a7 ,transmission ,each ,state's motor vehicle authority1 upon receiving the identifying information described in paragraph 7#b7 with respect to any individual who requests services from the authority1 shall transmit the identifying information to the appropriate ,state election official4 7#b7 ,identifying information described ,the identifying information described in this paragraph with respect to any individual is as follows3 7,a7 ,the individual's legal name4 7,b7 ,the individual's age4 7,c7 ,the individual's residence4 7,d7 ,the individual's citizenship status4 7,e7 ,the individual's electronic signature4 7#c7 ,restriction on use of information on citizenship status ,a ,state may not use any identifying information regarding an individual's citizenship status which is transmitted under this subsection for any purpose other than determining whether the individual is eligible to vote in elections for ,federal office4 7b7 ,notification to ,individuals ,upon receiving the identifying information with respect to an individual under subsection 7a71 the appropriate ,state election official shall issue a notification to the individual containing-- 7#a7 a statement that1 unless the individual notifies the election official prior to the expiration of the #ba-;calendar day period which begins on the date the official issued the notification that the individual declines to be registered to vote in elections for ,federal office held in the ,state1 the individual shall be considered to have completed and submitted a voter registration application for purposes of this ,act2 and 7#b7 a description of the process by which the individual may decline to be registered to vote in elections for ,federal office in the ,state4 7c7 ,automatic ,registration of ,eligible ,individuals ,upon the expiration of the #ba-;calendar day period which begins on the date the appropriate ,state election official issues a notification to an individual under subsection 7b77#a71 the official shall ensure that the individual is registered to vote in elections for ,federal office held in the ,state unless-- 7#a7 the official determines that the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections2 7#b7 prior to the expiration of such #ba-;calendar day period1 the individual notifies the official that the individual declines to be registered to vote in such elections2 or 7#c7 the individual is already registered to vote in such elections4 7d7 ,application to territories ,this section shall apply with respect to the ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 ,guam1 ,american ,samoa1 the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 and the ,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands in the same manner as this section applies to a ,state4 4 7b7 ,conforming ,amendment ,relating to ,timing of ,registration ,prior to ,elections ,section #h7;a77#a77;,a7 of such ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejg7;a77#a77;,a77 is amended to read as follows3 7,a7 in the case of registration through a motor vehicle authority under section #e1 if the identifying information with respect to the individual is transmitted by the authority to the appropriate ,state election official under section #e7;a77#a7 not later than the lesser of #cj days1 or the period provided by ,state law1 before the date of the election2 4 7c7 ,other ,conforming ,amendment ,section #d7;a77#a7 of such ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejc7;a77#a77 is amended to read as follows3 7#a7 through the ,state motor vehicle authority pursuant to section #e2 4 #c4 ,effective date 7a7 ,effective ,date ,the amendments made by this ,act shall take effect upon the expiration of the #ahj-;day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this ,act4 7b7 ,timing of ,automatic ,registration of ,individuals ,providing ,identifying ,information to ,motor ,vehicle ,authority ,prior to ,effective ,date 7#a7 ,retroactive automatic registration requirements ,for purposes of section #e of the ,national ,voter ,registration ,act of #aiic 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejd71 as amended by section #b7;a71 if an individual provided identifying information 7as described in section #e7;a77#b7 of such ,act7 to a ,state motor vehicle authority at any time during the period described in paragraph 7#b71 the authority shall transmit such information to the appropriate ,state election official pursuant to section #e7;a77#a7 of such ,act not later than such effective date1 unless the motor vehicle authority determines that the information is no longer valid with respect to the individual4 7#b7 ,period described ,the period described in this paragraph is the period which begins on the date which is #b years prior to the date of the enactment of this ,act and which ends on the effective date described in subsection 7a74