US Congress Senate Bill 739 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. Changes made by the bill include the following: expanding the types of facilities that can be used as voter registration agencies, increasing polling site accessibility, providing enforcement power to citizens and attorneys general, requiring approval for actions like moving a polling place, validating certain tribal identification for voting or registering, and expanding requirements for bilingual voting accessibility. The bill also establishes a Native American voting task force grant program for the purpose of increasing voter outreach, education, registration, turnout, and accessibility for Native American communities.

Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019

Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1694 (Related) 2019-05-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/739/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s739/BILLS-116s739is.pdf