H.R. 8831 (IH) - Protecting Our Democracy Act - BILLS-119hr8831ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

May 14, 2026

Action

Mr. Raskin (for himself, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Case, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Min, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Randall, Ms. Ross, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Houlahan, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Chu, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, and Ms. Waters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, the Budget, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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

Bill Number

H.R. 8831

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Protecting Our Democracy Act

Full Title

To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of Presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Jamie Raskin(MD)

Cosponsors

Robert Garcia (CA); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Gabe Amo (RI); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Becca Balint (VT); Joyce Beatty (OH); Wesley Bell (MO); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Julia Brownley (CA); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Ed Case (HI); Kathy Castor (FL); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Steve Cohen (TN); Joe Courtney (CT); Angie Craig (MN); Jasmine Crockett (TX); Jason Crow (CO); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Debbie Dingell (MI); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Bill Foster (IL); Lois Frankel (FL); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Al Green (TX); Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ); Josh Harder (CA); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Val T. Hoyle (OR); Jared Huffman (CA); Glenn Ivey (MD); Jonathan L. Jackson (IL); Sara Jacobs (CA); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Julie Johnson (TX); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Rick Larsen (WA); John B. Larson (CT); George Latimer (NY); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Mike Levin (CA); Ted Lieu (CA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Seth Magaziner (RI); John W. Mannion (NY); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Betty McCollum (MN); Analilia Mejia (NJ); Kweisi Mfume (MD); Dave Min (CA); Seth Moulton (MA); Kevin Mullin (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Nancy Pelosi (CA); Mike Quigley (IL); Emily Randall (WA); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); Terri A. Sewell (AL); Brad Sherman (CA); Lateefah Simon (CA); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Greg Stanton (AZ); Haley M. Stevens (MI); Suhas Subramanyam (VA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Mike Thompson (CA); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Paul Tonko (NY); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); James R. Walkinshaw (VA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Frederica S. Wilson (FL); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Judy Chu (CA); Troy A. Carter (LA); Maxine Waters (CA)

Committees

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Select), Committee on the Budget (Standing), Committee on Foreign Affairs (Standing), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Standing), Committee on House Administration (Standing), Committee on the Judiciary (Standing), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Standing), Committee on Rules (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

Public and Private Law References

Public Law 88-277, Public Law 116-6, Public Law 116-92

United States Code References

2 U.S.C. 1601, 1602, 1603, 191, 192, 681, 682, 686, 687 and 901
3 U.S.C. 102, 102, 105 and 106
5 U.S.C. 105, 1204, 1213, 1214, 1216, 1221, 13101, 13104, 13122, 2102, 2103, 2302, 2954, 3110, 3132, 3345, 3346, 3347, 3349, 3349a, 401, 403, 416, 5312, 5313, 5316, 552, 552b, 7211, 7322, 7323, 7342, 7343, 7512, 7701, 7703 and Chapters 4, 72 and 73
8 U.S.C. 1101 and 1101
10 U.S.C. 1034
15 U.S.C. 78j, 78l, 80a-4 and 80a-8
17 U.S.C. Chapter 5
18 U.S.C. 1030, 201, 207, 208, 3282, 431, 612 and Chapters 23, 29, 31 and 63
22 U.S.C. 611 and 611
26 U.S.C.
28 U.S.C. 2284, 511-513 and Chapters 31 and 85
29 U.S.C. 201et seq.
31 U.S.C. 1105, 1350, 1351, 1511, 1513, 1517, 1519, 3730 and Chapter 7
33 U.S.C. 3071
36 U.S.C. 501, 510 and Chapter 5
38 U.S.C. 7425(b)
50 U.S.C. 1621, 1631, 1641, 1702, 3001, 3003, 3033, 3234, 3236 and 3341
52 U.S.C. 30101, 30101, 30102, 30103, 30104, 30109, 30120 and 30121