To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.
HR 7179 amends the National Voter Registration Act to allow U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices to serve as official voter registration agencies for new citizens. It requires USCIS offices to facilitate voter registration applications during naturalization ceremonies, and mandates that courts administering oaths of allegiance must permit this service without charging fees. The bill uses existing immigration fees and grant funds to cover costs for these new registration services. This directly affects new U.S. citizens completing naturalization, making it easier to register to vote at the same time they become citizens.
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Introduced Jan 31, 2024
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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