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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="753" measure-id="id116hr753" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-01-24" update-date="2020-01-06">
<title>Global Electoral Exchange Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr753v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-01-06">
<action-date>2019-05-20</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Global Electoral Exchange Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish a Global Electoral Exchange Program to promote sound election-administration practices around the world. The State Department may award grants to qualified, tax-exempt, U.S.-based organizations that have expertise and experience in relevant topics, such as election-system integrity. Grants may be used to design programs to bring relevant individuals, such as election administrators and poll workers, together to study and discuss election procedures.</p> <p>The State Department shall periodically report to Congress on the program's activities.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hr753v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-01-05">
<action-date>2019-01-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Global Electoral Exchange Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of State to establish a Global Electoral Exchange Program to promote sound election-administration practices around the world. The State Department may award grants to qualified, tax-exempt, U.S.-based organizations that have expertise and experience in relevant topics, such as election-system integrity. Grants may be used to design programs to bring relevant individuals, such as election administrators and poll workers, together to study and discuss election procedures.</p> <p>The State Department shall periodically report to Congress on the program's activities.</p>]]></summary-text>
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