HR8281-118

Reported

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 7, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Government Operations, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2AAA8F270FD8490E85A6E029493A2658: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or the SAVE Act.
  • Section H8F673D402EA5419B91315E093DDBBC03: 2. Ensuring only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office Section 3 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20502) is...
  • Section H9A5BCED4A5C14FAEA08A4A494F68DBB5: 3. Election Assistance Commission guidance Not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall adopt...
  • Section HD84D8E2B2E954DAD816E8925E888142C: 4. Inapplicability of Paperwork Reduction Act Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act) shall not apply with...
  • Section H7B7633033C2049AA9FF65748AB72D055: 5. Duty of Secretary of Homeland Security to notify election officials of naturalization Upon receiving information that an individual has become a naturalized...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Government Operations, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Government Operations Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh
federal implementing agencies:
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers:

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 23, 2024

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Jul 11, 2024

Received; read the first time

Jun 14, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Issa, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Wittman, …

Jun 14, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

May 7, 2024

Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Emmer, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Government Operations Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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