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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 14, 2016
Citizenship Empowerment Act
This bill amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to direct the chief election official of a state to distribute mail voter registration application forms to each person who becomes a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony in that state at the ceremony's conclusion.
The Department of Homeland Security shall implement procedures necessary to enable state chief election officers to carry out this requirement.
People & committees
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13] · D–PA
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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