HR 6493 118th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Licensing and registrations

Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act of 2023

Introduced: November 29, 2023 Introduced by: Hageman, Harriet M. Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps

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In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 8, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.

Jul 8, 2024

Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.

Jul 8, 2024

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

Jul 8, 2024

Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.

Jul 8, 2024

Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

Jul 8, 2024

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-577, Part I.

Nov 30, 2023

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 4.

Nov 30, 2023

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Nov 29, 2023

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.

Nov 29, 2023

Introduced in House

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Safeguarding Electoral Integrity Act of 2023

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.

The bill also prohibits institutions of higher education that operate federal work-study programs from registering or mobilizing voters on or off campus.

What's happening now July 8, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.

Related & companion bills 3

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Committees of jurisdiction 5

Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives
Science, Space, and Technology Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 3

Roy, Chip

Texas · Dec 4, 2023

Tenney, Claudia

New York · Nov 30, 2023

Weber, Randy K. Sr.

Texas · Nov 30, 2023

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