123STA T . 233 0PUBLIC LA W 111 –84—O CT. 28 , 200 9mil i tarydep artme n t s t o desi g nate o f fi c es on military installations as v oter registration agencies u nder section 7( a ) ( 2 )oft h e N ational V oter R egistration A ct of 19 9 3 ( 4 2 U.S . C . 1973gg –5 (a)(2)) for all purposes of such Act. Any office so designated shall discharge the re q uirements of this section , under the regulations prescri b ed by the Secretary of D efense under subsection (f). ‘ ‘(f) R EGULATIONS . —T he Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations relating to the administration of the requirements of this section. The regulations shall be prescribed before the regularly scheduled general election for F ederal office held in November 2 0 10, and shall be implemented for such general election for Federal office and for each succeeding election for Federal office. ‘‘(g) DE F INITIONS.— I n this section
‘‘(1) The term ‘absent uniformed services voter ’ has the meaning given that term in section 107(1) of the Uniformed and O verseas Citi z ens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff– 6 (1)). ‘‘(2) The term ‘Federal office’ has the meaning given that term in section 107(3) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–6(3)). ‘‘(3) The term ‘ P residential designee’ means the official designated by the President under section 101(a) of the Uni - formed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff(a)).’’. (2) CLE R I C ALA M EN D MENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 8 0 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1566 the follo w ing new item: ‘ ‘ 156 6 a.Voting a s sistan ce:v ote r assistance o f fices. ’ ’. SEC.584 . D E V E LOPM E NT O F ST A NDA R DS FOR REPORT I N G AND STORING CERTAIN DATA. (a) IN G ENERAL.—Section 101(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)), as amended by sections 580 and 583, is amended— (1) by stri k ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (9)
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(11) working with the E lection Assistance Commission and the chief State election official of each State, develop stand- ards— ‘‘(A) for States to report data on the number of absentee ballots transmitted and received under section 102(c) and such other data as the Presidential designee determines appropriate; and ‘‘( B ) for the Presidential designee to store the data reported.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 102(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)), as amended by sections 577, 578, 579, and 580, is amended— (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(11) report data on the number of absentee ballots trans- mitted and received under section 102(c) and such other data
