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You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020

Introduced: December 2, 2020 Introduced by: Babin, Brian Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Dec 3, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Dec 2, 2020
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 2, 2020
Introduced in House
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You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020

This bill requires each state, in order to receive certain education and transportation funds, to annually certify that the state has an agreement with the Social Security Administration to share death information for the purpose of removing the names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters.

What's happening now December 3, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8830: You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8830/
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"H.R. 8830: You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8830/.
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H.R. 8830, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8830/.
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