3.0.0 4474 2025-05-27T14:15:02Z 2025-05-27T14:15:02Z House H HR 2023-07-06 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 116 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CAREY:H.R. 4474.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to confirm therequirement that States allow access to designatedcongressional election observers to observe the electionadministration procedures in elections for Federal office.[Page H3172]</pre> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:00:40Z 118 4494 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, 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. Related bill CRS 118 4563 HR 2025-01-03 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 825. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 118 6513 HR 2024-10-04 Became Public Law No: 118-106. Text similarities House 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2023-07-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-07-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001126 Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15] Mike Carey R OH 15 N Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2023-08-08T14:15:22Z

00 2023-07-06 Introduced in House 2023-11-21T12:52:06Z <p><strong>Confirmation Of Congressional Observer Access Act of 2023 or the COCOA Act of </strong><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires states to provide designated congressional election observers with full access to observe the administration procedures of federal elections. The bill prohibits such an observer from handling ballots or elections equipment, advocating for a position or candidate, taking any action to reduce ballot secrecy, or otherwise interfering with the elections administration process.</p> <p><em>Designated congressional election observer</em> refers to an individual who is designated in writing by specified congressional committees to gather information with respect to an election, including in the event that the election is contested in the House of Representatives or the Senate and for other purposes permitted by Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution.</p>

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