3.0.0 2658 2024-07-24T15:22:40Z 2024-07-24T15:22:40Z House H HR 2023-04-17 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 63 (Monday, April 17, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TORRES of New York:H.R. 2658.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.The single subject of this legislation is:To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose criminalpenalties on the President for engaging in actions tointerfere with the determination of electoral votes in apresidential election, and for other purposes.[Page H1760]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-04-17T18:02:15Z 2023-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000486 Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] Ritchie Torres D NY 15 N Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 2023-04-25T14:45:27Z 00 2023-04-17 Introduced in House 2023-10-12T10:28:00Z Conspiracy to Obstruct the Electoral Count Act

This bill prohibits the President from interfering with the determination of electoral votes and establishes penalties for violations.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the President from obstructing the certification of electoral votes by Congress or pressuring

  • the Vice President during such certification to discount a state-certified slate of electors or count an alternate slate of electors;
  • a federal, state, or local official to substitute an alternate slate of electors;
  • a federal, state, or local official to find votes; or
  • a federal, state, or local official to make false claims about a presidential election.
]]> Conspiracy to Obstruct the Electoral Count Act Display Title 45 Conspiracy to Obstruct the Electoral Count Act 2024-07-24T15:22:40Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Conspiracy to Obstruct the Electoral Count Act 2024-05-24T13:40:54Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties on the President for engaging in actions to interfere with the determination of electoral votes in a presidential election, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:37:29Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr2658ih/xml/BILLS-118hr2658ih.xml 2023-04-17 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.