S.Amdt. 2295

SA 2295. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 593. STUDY ON IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS TO VOTING FOR
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OVERSEAS.

(a) Study Required.--The Director of the Federal Voting
Assistance Program of the Department of Defense shall conduct
a study on means of improving access to voting for members of
the Armed Forces overseas.
(b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2022, the
Director shall submit to Congress a report on the results of
the study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall
include the following:
(1) The results of a survey, undertaken for purposes of the
study, of Voting Assistance Officers and members of the Armed
Forces overseas on means of improving access to voting for
such members, including through the establishment of unit-
level assistance mechanisms or permanent voting assistance
offices.
(2) An estimate of the costs and requirements in connection
with an expansion of the number of Voting Assistance Officers
in order to fully meet the needs of members of the Armed
Forces overseas for access to voting.
(3) A description and assessment of various actions to be
undertaken under the Federal Voting Assistance Program in
order to increase the capabilities of the Voting Assistance
Officer program.
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