[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4523 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4523

    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
   requirements with respect to use of drop boxes for a District of 
               Columbia election, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2023

  Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain 
   requirements with respect to use of drop boxes for a District of 
               Columbia election, 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 ``American Confidence in Elections: 
District of Columbia Ballot Security Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF DROP BOXES WITH RESPECT TO DISTRICT OF 
              COLUMBIA ELECTIONS.

    (a) Requirements.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as sections 305 
        and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 303 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 304. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO USE OF DROP BOXES FOR A 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION.

    ``(a) Requirements.--With respect to a District of Columbia 
election, the District of Columbia may not use a drop box to accept a 
voted absentee or other mail-in ballot for any such election unless--
            ``(1) any such drop box is located inside a District of 
        Columbia government building or facility;
            ``(2) the District of Columbia provides for the security of 
        any such drop box through 24-hour remote or electronic 
        surveillance; and
            ``(3) the District of Columbia Board of Elections collects 
        any ballot deposited in any such drop box each day after 5:00 
        p.m. (local time) during the period of the election.
    ``(b) District of Columbia Election Defined.--In this section, the 
term `District of Columbia election' means any election for public 
office in the District of Columbia, including an election for Federal 
office, and any ballot initiative or referendum.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 304''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 304 and 
        305 as relating to sections 305 and 306, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
        following new item:

``Sec. 304. Requirements with respect to use of drop boxes for a 
                            District of Columbia election.''.
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