A bill requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections has passed the House of Representatives with a narrow 220-208 vote. The legislation, known as the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, now moves to the Senate, where it will need 60 votes to advance.

If enacted, the SAVE Act would create federal standards for verifying citizenship during voter registration—a shift from the current system in which individual states set their own rules. The bill’s main provisions include