American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act

American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act

This bill prohibits a noncitizen from voting in a District of Columbia election. The prohibition includes any election for public office in the District of Columbia, including a federal office, as well as a ballot initiative or referendum.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4396 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4396

   To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit noncitizen 
   voting in District of Columbia elections, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

Mr. Bost (for himself, Ms. Mace, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit noncitizen 
   voting in District of Columbia elections, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Confidence in Elections: 
District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON NONCITIZEN VOTING IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirements.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. BAN ON NONCITIZEN VOTING IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--No individual may vote in a District of Columbia 
election unless the individual is a citizen of the United States.
    ``(b) District of Columbia Election Defined.--In this section, the 
term `District of Columbia election' means any election for public 
office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal 
office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Ban on noncitizen voting in District of Columbia 
                            elections.''.
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