An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part B of House Report 117-9 as en bloc No. 2: Nos. 6, 12, 13, 18 and 39.

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   Change 1: Adds SEC. 1934. CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FOR STATES WITHOUT VOTER REGISTRATION on page 266, line 5

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   Inserted: SEC. 1934. CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FOR STATES WITHOUT VOTER REGISTRATION.

   Inserted: To the extent that any provision of this title or any amendment made by this title imposes a requirement on a State relating to registering individuals to vote in elections for Federal office, such provision shall not apply in the case of any State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is no voter registration requirement for any voter in the State with respect to an election for Federal office.

   Inserted: Amendment to No. 12 Offered by Mr. Burgess of Texas

   Original wording

   Page 266, insert after line 5 the following:

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   Change 2: Adds SEC. 1707. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT ON VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT on page 208, line 7

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   Inserted: SEC. 1707. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT ON VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT.

   Inserted: Not later than 1 year of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on the impact of wide-spread mail-in voting on the ability of active duty military servicemembers to vote, how quickly their votes are counted, and whether higher volumes of mail-in votes makes it harder for such individuals to vote in federal elections.

   Inserted: Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Burgess of Texas

   Original wording

   Page 208, after line 7, insert the following (and redesignate subsequent sections appropriately):

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   Change 3: Adds SEC. 1006. REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION on page 45, line 13

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   Inserted: SEC. 1006. REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION.

   Inserted: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on local, State, and Federal personally identifiable information data collections efforts, the cyber security resources necessary to defend such efforts from online attacks, and the impact of a potential data breach of local, State, or Federal online voter registration systems.

   Inserted: Amendment to 18 Offered by Mr. Comer of Kentucky

   Original wording

   Page 45, after line 13, insert the following (and redesignate subsequent sections accordingly):

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   Change 4: Rewrites section 8022

   Replaces

   Removes section 8022.

   Inserted: SEC. 8022. PROCEDURE FOR WAIVERS AND AUTHORIZATIONS RELATING TO ETHICS REQUIREMENTS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 30 days after an officer or employee issues or approves a waiver or authorization pursuant to section 3 of Executive Order No. 13770 (82 6 Fed. Reg. 9333), or any subsequent similar order, such officer or employee shall--

   Inserted: (1) transmit a written copy of such waiver or authorization to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics; and

   Inserted: (2) make a written copy of such waiver or authorization available to the public on the website of the employing agency of the covered employee.

   Inserted: (b) Retroactive Application.--In the case of a waiver or authorization described in subsection (a) issued during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, the issuing officer or employee of such waiver or authorization shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (c) Office of Government Ethics Public Availability.--Not later than 30 days after receiving a written copy of a waiver or authorization under subsection (a)(1), the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall make such waiver or authorization available to the public on the website of the Office of Government Ethics.

   Inserted: (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall submit a report to Congress on the impact of the application of subsection (b), including the name of any individual who received a waiver or authorization described in subsection (a) and who, by operation of subsection (b), submitted the information required by such subsection.

   Inserted: (e) Definition of Covered Employee.--In this section, the term "covered employee"--

   Inserted: (1) means a non-career Presidential or Vice Presidential appointee, non-career appointee in the Senior Executive Service (or other SES-type system), or an appointee to a position that has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of being of a confidential or policymaking character (Schedule C and other positions excepted under comparable criteria) in an executive agency; and

   Inserted: (2) does not include any individual appointed as a member of the Senior Foreign Service or solely as a uniformed service commissioned officer.

   Original wording

   Strike section 8022 and insert the following:

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   Change 5: Rewrites section 8052

   Replaces

   Removes section 8052.

   Inserted: SEC. 8052. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ETHICS PROGRAMS.

   Inserted: The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in section 3(f), by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(3) Not later than 10 days after submitting an application for a security clearance for any individual, and not later than 10 days after any such individual is granted a security clearance (including an interim clearance), each eligible candidate (as that term is described in subsection (h)(4)(A)) or the President-elect (as the case may be) shall submit a report containing the name of such individual to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate."; and

   Inserted: (2) in section 6(b)--

   Inserted: (A) in paragraph (1)--

   Inserted: (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking "and" at the end;

   Inserted: (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

   Inserted: (iii) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(C) a list of all positions each transition team member has held outside the Federal Government for the previous 12-month period, including paid and unpaid positions;

   Inserted: "(D) sources of compensation for each transition team member exceeding $5,000 a year for the previous 12-month period;

   Inserted: "(E) a description of the role of each transition team member, including a list of any policy issues that the member expects to work on, and a list of agencies the member expects to interact with, while serving on the transition team;

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   Inserted: "(F) a list of any issues from which each transition team member will be recused while serving as a member of the transition team pursuant to the transition team ethics plan outlined in section 4(g)(3); and

   Inserted: "(G) an affirmation that no transition team member has a financial conflict of interest that precludes the member from working on the matters described in subparagraph (E).";

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting "not later than 2 business days" after "public"; and

   Inserted: (C) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(3) The head of a Federal department or agency, or their designee, shall not permit access to the Federal department or agency, or employees of such department or agency, that would not be provided to a member of the public for any transition team member who does not make the disclosures listed under paragraph (1).".

   Inserted: Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Schweikert of Arizona

   Original wording

   Strike section 8052 and insert the following:

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   Change 6: Inserts new text on page 394, line 4

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   Inserted: (c) Blockchain Technology Study and Report.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Election Assistance Commission shall conduct a study with respect to the use of blockchain technology to enhance voter security in an election for Federal office.

   Inserted: (2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1).

   Original wording

   Page 394, after line 4, insert the following new subsection:

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