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[H.R. 6493 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 478
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6493
[Report No. 118-577, Part I]
To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter registration
activities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 29, 2023
Ms. Hageman 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
July 8, 2024
Additional sponsors: Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Roy
July 8, 2024
Reported from the Committee on House Administration with an amendment
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
July 8, 2024
Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science,
Space, and Technology, and Education and the Workforce discharged;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter registration
activities, 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 of 2023'' ``Safeguarding Electoral Integrity Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY INVOLVEMENT IN VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES.
(a) Clarification of Federal Agency Involvement in Voter
Registration Activities.--Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623;
relating to promoting access to voting) shall have no force or effect,
and any contract or arrangement entered into by an agency to carry out
activities pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of such Executive order shall
be abrogated.
(b) 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.
(c) Report on Prior Voter Registration and Mobilization
Activities.--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).
(d) 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''.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the
term in section 3502(1) 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.
Union Calendar No. 478
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6493
[Report No. 118-577, Part I]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter registration
activities, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 8, 2024
Reported from the Committee on House Administration with an amendment
July 8, 2024
Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science,
Space, and Technology, and Education and the Workforce discharged;
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed