To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold apportioned surface transportation funding from a State if such State fails to enact certain requirements for proof of citizenship for individuals to register to vote in Federal elections, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9897 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9897

To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold apportioned surface
   transportation funding from a State if such State fails to enact
   certain requirements for proof of citizenship for individuals to
     register to vote in Federal elections, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2026

 Ms. Boebert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold apportioned surface
   transportation funding from a State if such State fails to enact
   certain requirements for proof of citizenship for individuals to
     register to vote in Federal elections, 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 ``Trump-Reagan Election Enforcement
Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 180. Election requirements
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall withhold 10 percent of the
amount required to be apportioned to any State under section 104(b) on
the first day of each fiscal year that begins after fiscal year 2026,
and an additional 5 percent each fiscal year thereafter, if the State
does not have laws in effect as described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Enacted Laws Required.--The laws described in this subsection
are as follows:
            ``(1) The State may not accept or process an application to
        register to vote in a Federal election unless the applicant
        presents documentary proof of U.S. citizenship with one of the
        following:
                    ``(A) A form of identification issued consistent
                with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that
                indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United
                States.
                    ``(B) A valid United States passport.
                    ``(C) The applicant's official United States
                military identification card, together with a United
                States military record of service showing that the
                applicant's place of birth was in the United States.
                    ``(D) A valid government-issued photo
                identification card issued by a Federal, State or
                Tribal government showing that the applicant's place of
                birth was in the United States.
                    ``(E) A valid government-issued photo
                identification card issued by a Federal, State or
                Tribal government other than an identification
                described in subparagraphs (A) through (D), but only if
                presented together with one or more of the following:
                            ``(i) A certified birth certificate issued
                        by a State, a unit of local government in a
                        State, or a Tribal government which--
                                    ``(I) was issued by the State, unit
                                of local government, or Tribal
                                government in which the applicant was
                                born;
                                    ``(II) was filed with the office
                                responsible for keeping vital records
                                in the State;
                                    ``(III) includes the full name,
                                date of birth, and place of birth of
                                the applicant;
                                    ``(IV) lists the full names of one
                                or both of the parents of the
                                applicant;
                                    ``(V) has the signature of an
                                individual who is authorized to sign
                                birth certificates on behalf of the
                                State, unit of local government, or
                                Tribal government in which the
                                applicant was born;
                                    ``(VI) includes the date that the
                                certificate was filed with the office
                                responsible for keeping vital records
                                in the State; and has the seal of the
                                State, unit of local government, or
                                Tribal government that issued the birth
                                certificate.
                            ``(ii) An extract from a United States
                        hospital Record of Birth created at the time of
                        the applicant's birth which indicates that the
                        applicant's place of birth was in the United
                        States.
                            ``(iii) A final adoption decree showing the
                        applicant's name and that the applicant's place
                        of birth was in the United States.
                            ``(iv) A Consular Report of Birth Abroad of
                        a citizen of the United States or a
                        certification of the applicant's Report of
                        Birth of a United States citizen issued by the
                        Secretary of State.
                            ``(v) A Naturalization Certificate or
                        Certificate of Citizenship issued by the
                        Secretary of Homeland Security or any other
                        document or method of proof of United States
                        citizenship issued by the Federal Government
                        pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality
                        Act.
                            ``(vi) An American Indian Card issued by
                        the Department of Homeland Security with the
                        classification `KIC'.
            ``(2) The State shall have established an alternative
        process under which an applicant who is not able to meet the
        requirements of the law described in paragraph (1) may submit
        evidence to demonstrate U.S. citizenship.
            ``(3) The State shall require affirmative steps on an
        ongoing basis to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered
        to vote, which shall include establishing a program to identify
        individuals who are not U.S. citizens.
            ``(4) The States shall require individuals who submit a
        mail voter registration application to present documentary
        proof of U.S. citizenship in person to the office of the
        appropriate election official not later than the deadline
        provided by State law for the receipt of a completed voter
        registration application for the election. Upon receiving an
        otherwise completed mail voter registration application form
        prescribed by the Election Assistance Commission, the
        appropriate election official shall transmit a notice to the
        applicant of the requirement to present documentary proof of
        United States citizenship and shall include in the notice
        instructions to enable the applicant to meet the requirement.
            ``(5) The State shall remove noncitizens from official
        lists of eligible voters.
            ``(6) The states shall permit the private right of action
        against an election official who registers an applicant to vote
        in a Federal election who fails to present documentary proof of
        U.S. citizenship.
            ``(7) The State shall establish criminal penalties for
        registering an applicant to vote in a Federal election who
        fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``180. Election requirements.''.
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