118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 6493: Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act of 2023
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- Introduced (completed)
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- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill prohibits federal agencies from using funds made available for salaries and expenses to solicit or enter into agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization activities on the agency's property or website.
The bill also nullifies Executive Order 14019 (which established requirements for expanding access to voter registration and election information) and terminates any contracts entered into under specified provisions of the order.
Each agency must, within 30 days, submit a report to specified congressional committees that describes the voter registration and mobilization activities carried out by the agency pursuant to this executive order.
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The bill also prohibits institutions of higher education that operate federal work-study programs from registering or mobilizing voters on or off campus.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Claudia Tenney R-NY
- Randy Weber R-TX
- Chip Roy R-TX
Who scored on this bill
- 1Harriet Hageman SponsorIntroduced, reported, discharged3 events+44
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History
- Introduced in the House by Harriet Hageman.
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- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-577, Part I.
- Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.
- Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
- Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 4.
- Introduced in House
- 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.