[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3072 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3072
To prohibit agencies of the government from soliciting or entering into
agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter
registration or voter mobilization activities on the property or
website of the agency or from using Federal funds to carry out
activities directed under Executive Order 14019, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 2, 2023
Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Posey, Mr. Clyde, and Mr. Weber of Texas)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the
Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and
Technology, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To prohibit agencies of the government from soliciting or entering into
agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter
registration or voter mobilization activities on the property or
website of the agency or from using Federal funds to carry out
activities directed under Executive Order 14019, 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 ``Promoting Free and Fair Elections
Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PROMOTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION BY AGENCIES.
(a) Agreements With Nongovernmental Organizations.--None of the
funds made available for the salaries and expenses of an agency may be
used to solicit or enter into an agreement with a nongovernmental
organization to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization
activities, including registering voters or providing any person with
voter registration materials, absentee or vote-by-mail ballot
applications, voting instructions, or candidate-related information, on
the property or website of the agency.
(b) Activities Under Executive Order 14019.--
(1) Delay in implementation.--
(A) Delay.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
none of the funds made available for the salaries and
expenses of an agency may be used to implement
activities directed under Executive Order 14019 (86
Fed. Reg. 13623) until--
(i) in the case of an agency that is
required to submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees under paragraph
(2)(A), 180 days after the agency submits the
report; or
(ii) in the case of an agency that is
required to submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees under paragraph
(2)(B), the date on which the agency submits
the report.
(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to
any activity described in section 7(c) of the National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(c)).
(2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees--
(A) a copy of the strategic plan of the agency for
promoting voter registration and voter participation
under section 3(b) of Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed.
Reg. 13623) that the agency developed or submitted to
the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; or
(B) if the agency did not develop or submit a plan
described in subparagraph (A) to the Assistant to the
President for Domestic Policy, a certification signed
by the head of the agency that the agency did not
develop or submit such a plan.
(c) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), this
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REPORT ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND MOBILIZATION.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
head of each agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report describing the activities carried out by the agency
pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg.
13623).
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING VOTER REGISTRATION AND MOBILIZATION IN FEDERAL
WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS.
Section 443(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087-53(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) does not involve registering or mobilizing
voters on or off the campus of the institution; and''.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the
term in section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, except
that for purposes of section 2(b) of this Act such term does
not include an independent regulatory agency as defined in
section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate;
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives.
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