[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5278 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5278

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit executive branch 
    officials from engaging in election interference, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 25, 2023

   Mr. Lieu (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. 
   Jayapal, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit executive branch 
    officials from engaging in election interference, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Presidential Election 
Interference Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT 
              EMPLOYEES.

    Section 595 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``a President or 
        Vice President or'' before ``administrative employees'';
            (2) by inserting ``a President or Vice President, or'' 
        before ``a person employed''; and
            (3) by striking ``or imprisoned not more than one year,'' 
        and inserting ``or imprisoned not more than 3 years,''.

SEC. 3. COERCION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

    Section 610 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after ``for any person'' the following: ``, including a 
President or Vice President,''.
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