HR 3734 109th Congress House

Displaced Citizens Voter Protection Act of 2005

Official title: To extend to individuals evacuated from their residences as a result of Hurricane Katrina the right to use the absentee balloting and registration procedures a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To extend to individuals evacuated from their residences as a result of Hurricane Katrina the right to use the absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 3, 2005 See on congress.gov

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Sep 13, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Sep 13, 2005

Introduced in House

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Latest action September 13, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Displaced Citizens Voter Protection Act of 2005 - Extends to individuals evacuated from their residences as a result of Hurricane Katrina the right to use the absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

Requires each motor vehicle authority and each designated voter registration agency in a state to take necessary steps to notify individuals to whom services are provided of the protections provided by this Act and of the requirements for obtaining them, including the requirement to submit an affidavit stating that the individual intends to return to the place of residence where he or she is otherwise qualified to vote.

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Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 18

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Oct 25, 2005

Pelosi, Nancy

California · Oct 25, 2005

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Oct 25, 2005

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · Oct 3, 2005

Cleaver, Emanuel

Missouri · Oct 3, 2005

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · Oct 3, 2005

Davis, Danny K.

Illinois · Oct 3, 2005

Massachusetts · Oct 3, 2005

Melancon, Charlie

· Oct 3, 2005

Moore, Gwen

Wisconsin · Oct 3, 2005

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Oct 3, 2005

Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"

Virginia · Oct 3, 2005

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Oct 3, 2005

Waters, Maxine

California · Oct 3, 2005

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3734: Displaced Citizens Voter Protection Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3734/

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"H.R. 3734: Displaced Citizens Voter Protection Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3734/.

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H.R. 3734, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3734/.

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