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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S1397 on March 1, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 2964. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2885 submitted by Mr. Grassley and intended to be proposed to the bill (S. 565) to establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding election technology, voting and election administration to establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities in improving election technology and the administration of Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following:
(4) Interaction with federal information.--
(A) Access to federal information.--
(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall provide, upon request from a State or locality maintaining a computerized centralized list implemented under paragraph (1), only such information as is necessary to determine the eligibility of an individual to vote in such State or locality under the law of the State or locality. Any State or locality that receives information under this clause may only share such information with election officials.
(ii) Procedure.--The records under clause (i) shall be provided in such place and such manner as the applicable agency head determines appropriate to protect and prevent the misuse of information.
(iii) Duplicative information.--If a State or locality is provided with access to applicable records under clause (i), any other State or locality may access such records through the State or locality that had access to the records under such clause.
(B) Applicable records.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ``applicable records'' means--
(i) in the case of the Commissioner of Social Security, information needed to verify--
(I) the social security number of an individual; or
(II) whether such individual is shown on the records of the Commissioner of Social Security as being alive or deceased;
(ii) in the case of the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, information needed to verify whether or not an individual is a citizen of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and
(iii) in the case of the Attorney General, information regarding felony convictions of individuals.
(C) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any request for a record of an individual if the applicable agency head determines there are exceptional circumstances warranting an exception (such as safety of the individual or interference with an investigation).
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SA 2965. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2885 submitted by Mr. Grassley and intended to be proposed to the bill (S. 565) to establish the Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations regarding election technology, voting and election administration to establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance to States and localities in improving election technology and the administration of Federal elections, to require States to meet uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements for the 2004 Federal elections, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following:
(4) Interaction with federal information.--
(A) Access to federal information.--
(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall provide, upon request from a State or locality maintaining a computerized centralized list implemented under paragraph (1), only such information as is necessary to determine the eligibility of an individual to vote in such State or locality under the law of the State or locality. Any State or locality that receives information under this clause may only share such information with election officials.
(ii) Procedure.--The information under clause (i) shall be provided in such place and such manner as the applicable agency head determines appropriate to protect and prevent the misuse of information.
(iii) Duplicative information.--If a State or locality is provided with applicable information under clause (i), any other State or locality may access such information through the State or locality that was provided with information under such clause.
(B) Applicable information.--For purposes of this subsection, the term ``applicable information'' means--
(i) in the case of the Commissioner of Social Security, information regarding whether--
(I) the name and social security number of an individual provided to the Commissioner match the information contained in the Commissioner's records; or
(II) such individual is shown on the records of the Commissioner as being deceased;
(ii) in the case of the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, information needed to verify whether or not an individual is a citizen of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence; and
(iii) in the case of the Attorney General, information regarding felony convictions of individuals.
(C) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any request for a record of an individual if the applicable agency head determines there are exceptional circumstances warranting an exception (such as safety of the individual or interference with an investigation).
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