Protect American Voters Act of 2004
Latest action · Apr 29, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on House 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.
- IntroducedApr 29, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect American Voters Act of 2004 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to provide notice and an opportunity for review before removing any individual from the official list of eligible voters for elections for Federal office by reason of criminal conviction or mental incapacity.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 29, 2004 to Sep 22, 2004; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NC | Frank W. Ballance Jr. | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-FL | Jim Davis | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Apr 29, 2004 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Jun 2, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Sep 22, 2004 |
Committees 1
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 Apr 29, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2004Introduced in House
- Apr 29, 2004Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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. 108-53 | SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER MISMATCHES AND MISUSE107 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Mar 10, 2004 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40609 | The National Voter Registration Act of 1993: History, Implementation, and Effects Archived | Report | Sep 18, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to provide notice and an opportunity for review prior to removing any individual from the official list of eligible voters by reason of criminal conviction or mental incapacity.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protect American Voters Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative remedies
- Ballots
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Directories
- Disabled
- Election administration
- Evidence (Law)
- Ex-offenders
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Law
- Mentally disabled
- Presidential elections
- State laws
- Voter registration
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2004Introduced in House
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.