S.Amdt. 4026

SA 4026. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

(a) At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR VOTER ELIGIBILITY.

(a) Requiring Provision of Certain Information by Applicants.--

(1) In general.--Section 303(a)(5)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(a)(5)(A)) is amended--

(A) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and

(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:

“(iii) Required provision of place of birth and statement of citizenship.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an application for voter registration for an election for Federal office may not be accepted or processed by a State unless the application includes the place of birth of the applicant and indicates that the applicant is a United States citizen.”.

(C) Effective date.--Section 303(d)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15483(d)(I)) is amended--

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “and (C)” after “subparagraph (B)”; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(C) Required provision of place of birth and statement of citizenship.--Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the requirements of subsection (a)(5)(A)(iii) on and after November 1, 2007.”.

(b) Requiring Federal Verification of Certain Information.--Section 205(r)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(8) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking “applications for voter registration,” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “all applications for voter registration to which section 303(a)(5) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 applies”; and

(2) in subparagraph (D)(i)(I) by inserting “the place of birth, status as a United States citizen,” after “year),”.

(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply to applications for voter registration submitted on or after November 1, 2007.