Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Program should take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their dependents and citizens living overseas are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections.

9/17/2008--Passed House amended. Declares the sense of Congress that:
(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) should inform members of the Armed Forces and their eligible dependents, with monthly electronic reminders, about opportunities to register to vote and to request absentee ballots for the 2008 elections;
(2) state and local election officials should work with the FVAP to develop methods for obtaining updated addresses and contact information, if possible, for any such individuals, and any citizens living overseas, with undeliverable ballot addresses; and
(3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness should report to specified congressional committees on all related efforts. Expresses the sense of Congress about related duties of states and local jurisdictions. Urges the Department of Defense, the FVAP, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), and state governments to examine recommendations in the EAC September 2007 survey findings regarding the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Roy Blunt [R, MO-7]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4]
  • Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
  • Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26]
  • Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
  • Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5]
  • Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
  • Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12]
  • Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]
  • Rep. Robin Hayes [R, NC-8]
  • Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2]
  • Rep. Walter Herger [R, CA-2]
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
  • Rep. Duncan Hunter [R, CA-52]
  • Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]
  • Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
  • Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
  • Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10]
  • Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
  • Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21]
  • Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
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Committees

• House Armed Services
• 3 more
  • House Armed Services
  • Senate Rules and Administration
  • House Administration
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Amendments

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Amendments to H.Con.Res.388

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July 08, 2008		September 17, 2008

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• Oct 02, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
• Sep 22, 2008: Received in the Senate.
• Sep 17, 2008: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Sep 17, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Sep 17, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 388.
• Sep 17, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Sep 17, 2008: Mrs. Davis (CA) moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
• Jul 25, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
• Jul 08, 2008: Referred to House Armed Services
• Jul 08, 2008: Referred to House House Administration
• Jul 08, 2008: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
• Introduced on Jul 08, 2008.

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