Federal Election Modernization Act of 2001
Latest action · Feb 15, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Commission, after such study, to develop specific recommendations for a report to the President and Congress on which methods of voting and administering elections would: (1) be most convenient, accessible, and easy to use for voters in Federal elections, including members of the Armed Forces, blind and disabled voters, and elderly voters; (2) yield the most accurate and expeditious results in Federal elections; (3) afford all voters an equal opportunity to vote; and (4) be most efficient and cost-effective for use in Federal elections. Requires the Commission also to recommend how the Federal Government can, on a permanent basis, best provide ongoing assistance to State and local authorities to improve administering elections, which existing or new Federal agency should provide such assistance, and what levels of funding will be necessary.
Directs the Attorney General to develop and publish a plan to award and disburse annual Federal Election Modernization Grants to States and localities.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2001 to Feb 26, 2001; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-GA | Max Cleland | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 15, 2001 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Feb 26, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Feb 15, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1523 | John F. Kerry D-MA | Feb 15, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-69 | FEDERAL ELECTION PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES408 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | May 3, 2001–May 9, 2001 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the National Commission on the Modernization of Federal Elections to conduct a study of Federal voting procedures and election administration, to establish the Federal Election Modernization Grant Program to provide grants to States and localities for the modernization of voting procedures and election administration, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Election Modernization 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.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Ballots
- Blind
- Citizen participation
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Computers and government
- Computers in politics
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Election administration
- Election Day
- Employee training
- Federal advisory bodies
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Housing and Community Development
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legislation
- Local employees
- Presidential elections
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Social Welfare
- Soldier voting
- State employees
- Urban affairs
- Voter registration
- Voting
- Voting machines
- Voting of the disabled
- Voting of the elderly
- Voting rights
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
