[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6593 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6593

 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to increase the 
penalties imposed for intimidating, threatening, or coercing any person 
   from engaging in voter registration activities or for procuring, 
    submitting, or casting false voter registration applications or 
 ballots, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
 Act to require election officials to transmit balloting materials to 
   absent uniformed services voters using the automated tagging and 
tracing services provided by the United States Postal Service, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2012

  Mr. Olson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to increase the 
penalties imposed for intimidating, threatening, or coercing any person 
   from engaging in voter registration activities or for procuring, 
    submitting, or casting false voter registration applications or 
 ballots, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
 Act to require election officials to transmit balloting materials to 
   absent uniformed services voters using the automated tagging and 
tracing services provided by the United States Postal Service, 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 ``Voter Fraud Prevention Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING VOTER 
              REGISTRATION AND VOTING.

    (a) Increase in Length of Term of Imprisonment.--Section 12 of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-10) is 
amended in the matter following paragraph (2) by striking ``5 years'' 
and inserting ``10 years''.
    (b) Prohibition From Voting in Subsequent Elections.--Section 12 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-10) is amended in the matter following 
paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ``and, in the case of an individual, shall not be permitted 
to cast a ballot in any subsequent election for Federal office.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. REQUIRING USE OF AUTOMATED TAGGING AND TRACING SERVICES FOR 
              BALLOTING MATERIALS TRANSMITTED TO ABSENT UNIFORMED 
              SERVICES VOTERS.

    (a) Requirement for Election Officials.--
            (1) In general.--Section 102 of the Uniformed and Overseas 
        Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-1) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Requiring Use of Automated Tagging and Tracing Services for 
Balloting Materials Transmitted to Absent Uniformed Services Voters.--
In transmitting balloting materials to absent uniformed services 
voters, the appropriate State election official shall--
            ``(1) ensure that any tray or sack containing such 
        materials is tagged with Tag 191 or some other similar tagging 
        device used by the United States Postal Service to provide 
        greater visibility to containers of such materials; and
            ``(2) use IMb Tracing or other similar tracking methods 
        made available by the United States Postal Service to provide 
        real-time tracking information for such materials.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply with respect to elections occurring after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Report on Efforts To Deter and Prevent Loss and Theft of 
Balloting Materials.--
            (1) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General shall submit a 
        report to Congress detailing the efforts that the Postmaster 
        General has undertaken to deter and prevent the loss and theft 
        of balloting materials transmitted to or by absent uniformed 
        services voters in elections for Federal office.
            (2) Definitions.--In paragraph (1), the terms ``absent 
        uniformed services voter'' and ``balloting materials'' have the 
        meaning given such terms in section 107 of the Uniformed and 
        Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6).
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