3.0.0 4494 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z House H HR 2023-07-06 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 116 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)][House][Pages H3172-H3173]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. LEE of Florida:H.R. 4494.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 informs the Congress thatthe primary authority to set election law and to administerfederal elections rests with the States and not with theCongress. Article I, Section 5, Clause 1. Article I, Section8, Clause 17. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congressshall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper for carrying intoThe single subject of this legislation is:This bill promotes election integrity, voter confidence,and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to,providing State tools for, and establishing voluntaryconsiderations to support effective State administration ofFederal elections and improving[[Page H3173]]election administration in the District of Columbia.</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:04:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:04:45Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:04:40Z hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:04:35Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:04:30Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:04:25Z 118 4316 HR 2024-02-13 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316. Related bill CRS 118 4317 HR 2023-06-23 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4457 HR 2023-07-03 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4460 HR 2024-04-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 383. Related bill CRS 118 4474 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4479 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 3072 HR 2023-05-02 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. Related bill CRS 118 4396 HR 2024-02-23 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 324. Related bill CRS 118 4407 HR 2023-06-30 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4415 HR 2023-06-30 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4477 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4484 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 118 4486 HR 2024-04-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 382. Related bill CRS 118 4487 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4488 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4491 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 118 4496 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4500 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, 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 1398 S 2023-05-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4563 HR 2025-01-03 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 825. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 118 4544 HR 2023-07-11 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4555 HR 2024-04-17 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385. Related bill CRS 118 4476 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 4597 HR 2023-07-13 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Related bill CRS 118 4553 HR 2023-07-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 118 6513 HR 2024-10-04 Became Public Law No: 118-106. Text similarities House 118 4521 HR 2023-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 118 4543 HR 2023-07-11 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4650 HR 2023-07-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 4523 HR 2023-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 118 6493 HR 2024-07-08 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478. Related bill CRS 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 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. 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 L000597 Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] Laurel Lee R FL M. 15 N Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2023-08-08T14:45:23Z

00 2023-07-06 Introduced in House 2024-07-18T17:36:37Z <p><strong>Ensuring Faith in Our Elections Act</strong></p><p>This bill addresses the administration of elections.</p><p>Specifically, the bill directs the Standards Board of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to release voluntary considerations from states with respect to the administration of federal elections.</p><p>The bill establishes additional requirements related to noncitizens and voting. For example, the bill (1) requires states to make reasonable efforts to remove noncitizens from the official eligible voter lists, and (2) reduces election assistance payments to states and local jurisdictions that allow noncitizens to vote.</p><p>Additionally, the bill</p><ul><li>requires&nbsp;states to provide designated congressional election observers with full access to observe the administration procedures of federal elections;</li><li>excludes&nbsp;from gross income, for income tax purposes, certain compensation of election workers;</li><li>establishes&nbsp;certain requirements related to election mail;</li><li>prohibits&nbsp;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; &nbsp;</li><li>prohibits federal funds for election administration for states that allow ballot harvesting, with exceptions;</li><li>establishes various requirements for elections in the District of Columbia;</li><li>makes various changes to the EAC; and</li><li>prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions or donations in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda.</li></ul><p>The bill also establishes the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel, which must recommend to Congress model legislation to resolve any vacancy created by the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice-presidential election.</p>

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