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H.R. 4555 118th Congress House

Federal Election Audit Act

Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow the use of requirements payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to an election for Federal office in a State.

Introduced: July 11, 2023 Introduced by: Gregory F. Murphy Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditingChild healthDisability assistanceElections, voting, political campaign regulationState and local government operations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 17, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
Apr 17, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-465.
Nov 30, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 4.
Nov 30, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 11, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 11, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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 Latest action April 17, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Election Audit Act

This bill allows states to use requirements payments from the Election Assistance Commission to conduct postelection audits. In particular, a state may use such a payment to conduct and publish an audit of (1) the effectiveness and accuracy of the voting systems, election procedures, and outcomes used to carry out a federal election in the state; and (2) the performance of the state and local election officials who carried out the election.  

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4555: Federal Election Audit Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4555/
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"H.R. 4555: Federal Election Audit Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4555/.
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H.R. 4555, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4555/.
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