HR 263 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Election Reform Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 30, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Tom Davis R-VA

Latest action · Jan 30, 2001 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

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IntroducedJan 30, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Election Reform Act of 2001 - Establishes the Election Administration Commission to: (1) develop, update, and adopt voluntary engineering and procedural performance standards for voting systems used in Federal, State, and local elections; (2) advise States regarding compliance with the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act; (3) develop, adopt, and update voluntary procedures for maintaining and enhancing the accessibility of registration facilities, polling places, and voting methods; (4) have primary responsibility to carry out Federal functions under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (the Act); (5) develop, update, and adopt recommendations for voluntary procedures for maintaining and enhancing the administration of Federal, State, and local elections; (6) carry out the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 regarding mail voter registration; (7) make Federal election system information available to the public and media; (8) assemble bipartisan panels of election professionals to assist any State election official, upon request, in review of election or vote counting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections; and (9) compile the official certified results of Federal elections and statistics on national voter registration and turnout.

Directs the Commission to: (1) make periodic studies of issues related to election administration; and (2) solicit and review applications from, and award grants to, State and local governments to improve and modernize election administration.

Transfers to the Commission all functions that the Office of Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission exercised before enactment of this Act.

Establishes the Election Administration Advisory Board to advise the Commission on the best practices in election administration.

Amends the Act to mandate certain State actions (currently only recommended) in order to maximize access to the polls by absent uniformed services voters.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 30, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Jan 30, 2001
R-CA	David Dreier	Original	Jan 30, 2001
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Jan 30, 2001
R-NM	Heather Wilson	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy	Original	Jan 30, 2001
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Jan 30, 2001

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Jan 30, 2001
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 30, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E44)
Jan 30, 2001Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E44	Tom Davis R-VA	Jan 30, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-32	ADVANCING THE HEALTH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: ADDRESSING VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS78 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 27, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 218	Election Reform Act of 2001	Identical bill	Jan 30, 2001

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish an Election Administration Commission to study Federal, State, and local voting procedures and election administration and provide grants to modernize voting procedures and election administration, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Election Reform Act of 2001
Popular Titles: Improve Voting Process bill; Voting Procedures Commission and Modernization bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 30, 2001Introduced in House

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