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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5840
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to
ensure that absent uniformed services voters serving at diplomatic and
consular posts of the United States are able to receive and transmit
balloting materials in the same manner and with the same rights and
protections as other absent uniformed services voters under such Act,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. BOST, Mr. COOK, Mr.
ZELDIN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms.
STEFANIK, Mr. BACON, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. WALKER, Mr. PENCE, Mr.
LAMBORN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. MAST, Mr. TURNER, Mrs. HARTZLER,
Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr.
MCCAUL, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. DAVID
P. ROE
of Tennessee, Mr.
LOUDERMILK, and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services vot-
ers serving at diplomatic and consular posts of the
United States are able to receive and transmit balloting
materials in the same manner and with the same rights
and protections as other absent uniformed services voters
under such Act, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counting All Military
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Votes Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ABILITY OF ABSENT UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS
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SERVING AT DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
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POSTS TO RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT BAL-
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LOTING MATERIALS.
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(a) ENSURING ABILITY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b) of the Uni-
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formed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
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(52 U.S.C. 20301(b)) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
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graph (10);
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(B) by striking the period at the end of
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paragraph (11) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(12) take such actions as may be necessary to
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ensure that an absent uniformed services voter who
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is absent from the United States by reason of active
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duty or service at a diplomatic and consular post of
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the United States is able to receive and transmit
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balloting materials in the same manner and with the
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same rights and protections as an absent uniformed
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services voter who is absent from the United States
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by reason of active duty or service at a military in-
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stallation.’’.
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
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by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to elec-
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tions held on or after the date of the enactment of
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this Act.
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(b) CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT AS ABSENT UNI-
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FORMED SERVICES VOTERS.—Section 107(1)(A) of such
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Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘ac-
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tive duty’’ and inserting ‘‘active duty (including active
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duty or service at a diplomatic and consular post of the
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United States)’’.
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