S. 739: Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-12 · Native Americans · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019

Plain summary

Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019 This bill modifies the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. Changes made by the bill include the following: expanding the types of facilities that can be used as voter registration agencies, increasing polling site accessibility, providing enforcement power to citizens and attorneys general, requiring approval for actions like moving a polling place, validating certain tribal identification for voting or registering, and expanding requirements for bilingual voting accessibility. The bill also establishes a Native American voting task force grant program for the purpose of increasing voter outreach, education, registration, turnout, and accessibility for Native American communities.

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Official text

Native American Voting Rights Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · 18 cosponsors

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Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s739.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s739 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116