[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4823 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4823
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
July 29, 2025
Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on
the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and
Technology, and Education and 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 of 2025''.
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) or any substantially similar
executive order shall have no force or effect to the extent that it is
inconsistent with section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506).
(b) Prohibiting Promotion of Voter Registration by Agencies.--
(1) 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.
(2) Activities under executive order 14019.--
(A) Delay in implementation.--
(i) Delay.--Except as provided in clause
(ii), 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) or
any substantially similar executive order
until--
(I) in the case of an agency that
is required to submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees
under subparagraph (B)(i), 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 subparagraph (B)(ii), the date on
which the agency submits the report.
(ii) Exception.--Clause (i) 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)).
(B) 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--
(i) 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
(ii) if the agency did not develop or
submit a plan described in clause (i) 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.
(3) Effective date.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2)(B), this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year
2025 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(c) 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).
(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, except
that for purposes of subsection (c)(2) 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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