[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8218 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8218

    To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to require any 
    individual who votes in a municipal election of the District of 
    Columbia to be a United States citizen and to provide proof of 
                              citizenship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2024

   Mr. Timmons (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Ms. Hageman, and Mr. Fry) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                      Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to require any 
    individual who votes in a municipal election of the District of 
    Columbia to be a United States citizen and to provide proof of 
                              citizenship.

    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 ``Demanding Citizenship in DC 
Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED TO VOTE IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
              MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title IV of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(1-201.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

                     ``PART G--VOTING REQUIREMENTS

``SEC. 497. PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `local election' 
means--
            ``(1) an election for--
                    ``(A) Mayor;
                    ``(B) Chairman or member of the Council;
                    ``(C) Attorney General;
                    ``(D) Member of the State Board of Education; or
                    ``(E) Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner; or
            ``(2) an initiative, referendum, recall, or charter 
        amendment measure on a District ballot.
    ``(b) Proof of Citizenship Required.--An individual may not vote in 
a local election unless the individual--
            ``(1) is a citizen of the United States; and
            ``(2) demonstrates proof of such citizenship to the Board 
        of Elections.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Table of contents.--The table of contents for the 
        District of Columbia Home Rule Act is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 496 the following:

                     ``PART G--Voting Requirements

``Sec. 497. Proof of citizenship required to vote in local 
                            elections.''.
            (2) Conforming repeal.--The Local Resident Voting Rights 
        Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-242) is repealed, and each 
        provision of law amended by that Act is amended to read as it 
        read on the day before the effective date of that Act.
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