Voter Registration Act

(Reported to House from the Committee on House Administration with amendment, H. Rept. 94-669)

Voter Registration Act - Establishes, within the Federal Election Commission, the Voter Registration Administration. Provides that the Voter Registration Administration shall (1) establish and administer a voter registration program in accordance with this Act for all Federal elections; (2) collect, analyze, and arrange for the publication and sale by the Government Printing Office of information concerning elections in the United States (but this publication shall not disclose any information which permits the identification of individual voters); (3) provide information to State officials concerning voter registration-by-mail and election problems generally; and (4) provide the Congress with such information as the Congress may from time to time request, and prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on its activities, and on voter registration and elections generally in the United States, immediately following each biennial general Federal election.

States that an individual who fulfills the requirements to be a qualified voter under State law and who is registered to vote under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to vote in Federal elections in that State, except that each State shall provide for the registration or other means of qualification of all residents of such States who apply, not later than thirty days immediately prior to any Federal election, for registration or qualification to vote in such election.

Provides that, whenever a Federal election is held in any State, the Administration may, upon the request of any State official, furnish officers and employees and such other assistance as the Administration and the State official may agree upon to assist State officials in the registration of individuals applying to register in that State under the provisions of this Act.

Directs the Administration to prepare voter registration forms in such a way as to provide a simple method of registering to vote by mail. States that registration forms shall include such matter as State law requires and as the Administration determines appropriate to ascertain the positive identification and voter qualifications of an individual applying to register under the provisions of this Act, to provide for the return delivery of the completed registration form to the appropriate State official, and to prevent fraudulent registration.

Permits agreements between the Administration and the Postal Service, by which the Postal Service distribute, in bulk, sufficient quantities of registration forms to those who request such forms for the purpose of conducting or participating in a voter registration program.

Effectuates regulations of the Administrator only upon approval by the Congress.

Effectuates regulations of the Federal Election Commission only upon approval by the Congress.

Provides criminal penalties for fraudulent registration and for any person who attempts to deprive any other person of rights under this Act.

Authorizes to be appropriated up to $50,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.