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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. 7/8/2008--Introduced. 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 an absentee ballot 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 with an undeliverable ballot address; and (3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness should [...]

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  • 10/02/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
  • 09/22/2008 - Received in the Senate.
  • 09/17/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8371-8373)
  • 09/17/2008 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 388.
  • 09/17/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8371-8372)

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.CON.RES.388 Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House10/07/2008
H.CON.RES.388 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House09/19/2008
H.CON.RES.388 Introduced in House07/09/2008