3.0.0 8964 2023-01-11T13:43:59Z 2023-01-11T13:43:59Z House HR 2020-12-14 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 211 (Monday, December 14, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCANLON:H.R. 8964.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section VIII.[Page H7154]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-12-14T18:30:31Z 2020-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2020-12-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-12-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001205 Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] Mary Scanlon D PA Gay 5 N Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Worker safety and health Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2020-12-14 Introduced in House 2021-01-21T16:26:52Z Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020

This bill makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, or coerce (or attempt to do so) an individual (i.e., an election official or a poll worker) for the purpose of interfering with their duties in administering elections.

Violators are subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.

]]> Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020 Display Title Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intimidation of election officials and poll workers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8964ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8964ih.xml 2020-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.