Voter Vouching Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10637 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10637

   To require States to submit a report regarding the role of voter 
vouchers in registrations to vote in elections for Federal office, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2026

 Mr. Stauber (for himself, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Finstad, and Mrs. Fischbach) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          House Administration

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                                 A BILL

 
   To require States to submit a report regarding the role of voter 
vouchers in registrations to vote in elections for Federal office, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voter Vouching Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON VOTER VOUCHERS WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Report Required.--Each State that permits an individual to 
register to vote in an election for Federal office with the attestation 
of a voter voucher shall, after each regularly scheduled general 
election for Federal office, submit to the Election Assistance 
Commission a report that includes, with respect to the period between 
such general election and the previous regularly scheduled general 
election for Federal office, the following:
            (1) The total number of individuals who registered to vote 
        in an election for Federal office with the attestation of a 
        voter voucher.
            (2) The total number of individuals who served as voter 
        vouchers.
            (3) The number of individuals vouched for by each voter 
        voucher.
            (4) The total number of attempted registrations to vote in 
        an election for Federal office with the attestation of a voter 
        voucher that were not accepted by the State, disaggregated by 
        the reason for the nonacceptance, to the extent that the State 
        maintains records of such reasons.
    (b) Prohibited Information.--The report required in subsection (a) 
may not contain personally identifying information, including--
            (1) names;
            (2) street addresses;
            (3) voter identification numbers;
            (4) phone numbers;
            (5) signatures; and
            (6) dates of birth.
    (c) Submission Through the Election Administration and Voting 
Survey.--The Election Assistance Commission shall, if practicable, 
permit the report required in subsection (a) to be submitted through 
the Election Administration and Voting Survey administered by the 
Commission.
    (d) Public Availability of Reports.--The Election Assistance 
Commission shall make each report required in subsection (a) publicly 
available for a period of 22 months from the date such report was 
received by the Commission.
    (e) Voter Voucher Defined.--In this section, the term ``voter 
voucher'' means an individual who--
            (1) is authorized under State law to attest to the identity 
        or residence of another individual for purposes of voter 
        registration; and
            (2) attests to the identity or residence of another 
        individual for the purpose of registering the other individual 
        to vote in such State.
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