SAVE Act

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 22

                                 AN ACT

 
 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof 
   of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in 
         elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguard American Voter Eligibility 
Act'' or the ``SAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING ONLY CITIZENS ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS FOR 
              FEDERAL OFFICE.

    (a) Definition of Documentary Proof of United States Citizenship.--
Section 3 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20502) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``As used'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--As used''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Documentary Proof of United States Citizenship.--As used in 
this Act, the term `documentary proof of United States citizenship' 
means, with respect to an applicant for voter registration, any of the 
following:
            ``(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the 
        requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates the 
        applicant is a citizen of the United States.
            ``(2) A valid United States passport.
            ``(3) The applicant's official United States military 
        identification card, together with a United States military 
        record of service showing that the applicant's place of birth 
        was in the United States.
            ``(4) A valid government-issued photo identification card 
        issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government showing that 
        the applicant's place of birth was in the United States.
            ``(5) A valid government-issued photo identification card 
        issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government other than an 
        identification described in paragraphs (1) through (4), but 
        only if presented together with one or more of the following:
                    ``(A) A certified birth certificate issued by a 
                State, a unit of local government in a State, or a 
                Tribal government which--
                            ``(i) was issued by the State, unit of 
                        local government, or Tribal government in which 
                        the applicant was born;
                            ``(ii) was filed with the office 
                        responsible for keeping vital records in the 
                        State;
                            ``(iii) includes the full name, date of 
                        birth, and place of birth of the applicant;
                            ``(iv) lists the full names of one or both 
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