,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself and   
,mrs4 ,fischer7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,rules and        
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states to conduct a study of the      
effectiveness of the ,federal           
,government in carrying out its         
responsibilities under the ,uniformed   
and ,overseas ,citizens ,absentee       
,voting ,act to promote access to voting
 for absent uniformed services voters   
and an analysis of means for improving  
access to voter registration information
 and assistance for members of the      
,armed ,forces and their family members1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,supporting ,military ,voters ,act4  #b4
 ,government ,accountability ,office    
report on implementation of ,uniformed  

and ,overseas ,citizens ,absentee       
,voting ,act and improving access to    
voter registration information and      
assistance for absent uniformed services
 voters  7a7 ,in general ,the           
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall conduct-- 7#a7 an analysis
 of the effectiveness of the ,federal   
,government in carrying out its         
responsibilities under the ,uniformed   
and ,overseas ,citizens ,absentee       
,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjcja et   
seq47 to promote access to voting for   
absent uniformed services voters2 and   
7#b7 a study on means for improving     
access to voter registration information
 and assistance for members of the      
,armed ,forces and their family members4
  7b7 ,elements  7#a7 ,analysis ,the    
analysis required by subsection 7a77#a7 
shall include analysis of the following3
 7,a7 ,data and information pertaining  
to the transmission of ballots to absent
 uniformed services voters4  7,b7 ,data 
and information pertaining to the       

methods of transmission of voted ballots
 from absent uniformed services voters1 
including the efficacy and security of  
such methods4  7,c7 ,data and           
information pertaining to the treatment 
by election officials of voted ballots  
transmitted by absent uniformed services
 voters1 including-- 7i7 the rate at    
which such ballots are counted in       
elections2  7ii7 the rate at which such 
ballots are rejected in elections2 and  
7iii7 the reasons for such rejections4  
7,d7 ,an analysis of the effectiveness  
of the assistance provided to absent    
uniformed services voters by ,voting    
,assistance ,officers of the ,federal   
,voting ,assistance ,program of the     
,department of ,defense4  7,e7 ,a review
 of the extent of coordination between  
,voting ,assistance ,officers and ,state
 and local election officials4  7,f7    
,information regarding such other issues
 relating to the ability of absent      
uniformed services voters to register to
 vote1 vote1 and have their ballots     

counted in elections for ,federal       
office4  7,g7 ,data and information     
pertaining to-- 7i7 the awareness of    
members of the ,armed ,forces and their 
family members of the requirement under 
section #aeff;a of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 that the ,secretaries of 
the military departments provide voter  
registration information and assistance2
 and  7ii7 whether members of the ,armed
 ,forces and their family members       
received such information and assistance
 at the times required by subsection 7c7
 of that section4  7#b7 ,study ,the     
study required by subsection 7a77#b7    
shall include the following3 7,a7 ,an   
assessment of potential actions to be   
undertaken by the ,secretary of each    
military department to increase access  
to voter registration information and   
assistance for members of the ,armed    
,forces and their family members4  7,b7 
,an estimate of the costs and           
requirements to fully meet the needs of 
members of the ,armed ,forces for access

 to voter registration information and  
assistance4  7c7 ,methods ,in conducting
 the analysis and study required by     
subsection 7a71 the ,comptroller        
,general shall1 in cooperation and      
consultation with the ,secretaries of   
the military departments-- 7#a7 use     
existing information from available     
government and other public sources2 and
  7#b7 acquire1 through the ,comptroller
 ,general's own investigations1         
interviews1 and analysis1 such other    
information as the ,comptroller ,general
 requires to conduct the analysis and   
study4  7d7 ,report required ,not later 
than ,september #cj1 #bjbe1 the         
,comptroller ,general shall submit to   
the ,committee on ,rules and            
,administration of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,house ,administration of 
the ,house of ,representatives a report 
on the analysis and study required by   
subsection 7a74  7e7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,absent uniformed    
services voter ,the term absent         

uniformed services voter has the meaning
 given that term in section #ajg of the 
,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens      
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcaj74  7#b7 ,family member ,the term 
family member1 with respect to a member 
of the ,armed ,forces1 means a spouse   
and other dependent 7as defined in      
section #ajgb of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code7 of the member4