,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,banks introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help        
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb to require 
individuals applying to register to vote
 in elections for ,federal office to    
provide a complete ,social ,security    
number with the application1 to require 
,states to use ,social ,security numbers
 to cross-check the identifications of  
individuals who vote in elections for   
,federal office in the ,state with the  
identifications of individuals who are  
registered to vote in such elections1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,restoring ,faith in ,our ,elections    
,act4  #b4 ,requiring applicants for    
voter registration to provide full      
,social ,security numbers  7a7          
,requirement ,section #cjc7;a77#e77;,a7 

of the ,help ,america ,vote ,act of     
#bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4                    
#bajhc7;a77#e77;,a77 is amended to read 
as follows3  7,a7 ,requiring applicants 
to provide full ,social ,security number
 ,notwithstanding any other provision of
 law1 an application for voter          
registration for an election for        
,federal office may not be accepted or  
processed by a ,state unless the        
application includes the applicant's    
full ,social ,security number4  4  7b7  
,conforming amendment relating to       
certain voters registering by mail      
,section #cjc7;b77#c77;,b77i7 of such   
,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4                     
#bajhc7;b77#c77;,b77i77 is amended by   
striking either-- and all that follows  
through 2 and and inserting the         
individual's full ,social ,security     
number2 and4  7c7 ,conforming amendment 
relating to waiver of ,privacy ,act     
,section #cjc7;c7 of such ,act 7#eb     
,u4,s4,c4 #bajhc7;c77 is amended to read
 as follows3  7c7 ,permitted use of     

,social ,security numbers ,section #g of
 the ,privacy ,act of #aigd 7#e         
,u4,s4,c4 #eeb;a note7 does not apply to
 the use of a ,social ,security number  
under subsection 7a77#e77;,a7 or        
subsection 7b77#c77;,b77i74  4  7d7     
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 elections held in #bjbb or any         
succeeding year4  #c4 ,use of ,social   
,security numbers to cross-check        
identifications of individuals casting  
ballots in elections with individuals   
registered to vote in elections  7a7    
,requiring cross-,check of              
identifications ,title ,,iii of the     
,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bajha 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  
,social ,security numbers to cross-check
 identifications of individuals casting 
ballots in an election with individuals 

registered to vote in the election  7a7 
,requirement ,immediately upon the      
closing of the polls in an election for 
,federal office1 each ,state shall      
verify the identification of each       
individual who cast a ballot in the     
election by carrying out a cross-check  
of the individual's identification with 
the individual's identification in the  
official list of individuals who are    
registered to vote in the election1     
using the individual's full ,social     
,security number as the method for      
determining the individual's            
identification4  7b7 ,report to         
,congress ,not later than #g days after 
the closing of the polls in an election 
for ,federal office1 the ,state shall   
submit to the ,committee on ,house      
,administration of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,rules and ,administration of the       
,senate a report on the ,state's        
compliance with subsection 7a71 and     
shall include in the report-- 7#a7 the  

percentage of individuals who cast votes
 in the election whose identifications  
were verified by the ,state under such  
subsection2 and  7#b7 the number of     
individuals who cast votes in the       
election1 or who attempted to cast votes
 in the election1 whose identifications 
could not be verified by the ,state     
under such subsection4  7c7 ,effective  
date ,this section shall apply with     
respect to elections held in #bjbb or   
any succeeding year4  4  7b7 ,conforming
 amendment relating to enforcement      
,section #dja of such ,act 7#eb         
,u4,s4,c4 #baaaa7 is amended by striking
 and #cjc and inserting #cjc1 and #cjd4 
7c7 ,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 following3  ,sec4 #cjd4
 ,use of ,social ,security numbers to   
cross-check identifications of          

individuals casting ballots in an       
election with individuals registered to 
vote in the election4  4