S.Amdt. 1091

1. Adds Sec. __. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding State legislative actions during the 10 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act that may affect voter registration or voting. The study shall identify, by State, what documents are required in order to obtain sufficient identification for registration or voting, the cost to the individual for those documents, and what access is available to the State agencies responsible for providing that documentation, including hours of operation and geographic distribution of the agencies. The study shall identity the States that have passed voter identification legislation, the States that are providing free identification, the number of free identifications that have been provided by each such State, and which agencies in each such State have provided those identifications. The study shall collect data on any prosecutions or convictions for voter impersonation fraud within each State during the 10 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The study shall also examine the extent to which each State complies with data requests from the Federal Election Commission. The Comptroller General shall collect this data to the extent available and shall identify any limitations in collecting such data. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall provide an interim briefing to the committees of jurisdiction of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the study conducted under this subsection. Members of Congress may request clarifying information as appropriate based on the information provided in the briefing on page 181, line 9

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   Inserted: Sec. __. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding State legislative actions during the 10 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act that may affect voter registration or voting. The study shall identify, by State, what documents are required in order to obtain sufficient identification for registration or voting, the cost to the individual for those documents, and what access is available to the State agencies responsible for providing that documentation, including hours of operation and geographic distribution of the agencies. The study shall identity the States that have passed voter identification legislation, the States that are providing free identification, the number of free identifications that have been provided by each such State, and which agencies in each such State have provided those identifications. The study shall collect data on any prosecutions or convictions for voter impersonation fraud within each State during the 10 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The study shall also examine the extent to which each State complies with data requests from the Federal Election Commission. The Comptroller General shall collect this data to the extent available and shall identify any limitations in collecting such data. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall provide an interim briefing to the committees of jurisdiction of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the study conducted under this subsection. Members of Congress may request clarifying information as appropriate based on the information provided in the briefing.

   Inserted: (b) Not later than 11 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the committees of jurisdiction of the Senate and the House of Representatives a final report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).

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   On page 181, after line 9, insert the following:

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