[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6493

  To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter registration 
                  activities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 2023

 Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter registration 
                  activities, 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 ``Promoting Free and Fair Elections 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY INVOLVEMENT IN VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Clarification of Federal Agency Involvement in Voter 
Registration Activities.--Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623; 
relating to promoting access to voting) shall have no force or effect, 
and any contract or arrangement entered into by an agency to carry out 
activities pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of such Executive order shall 
be abrogated.
    (b) Agreements With Nongovernmental Organizations.--None of the 
funds made available for the salaries and expenses of an agency may be 
used to solicit or enter into an agreement with a nongovernmental 
organization to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization 
activities, including registering voters or providing any person with 
voter registration materials, absentee or vote-by-mail ballot 
applications, voting instructions, or candidate-related information, on 
the property or website of the agency.
    (c) Report on Prior Voter Registration and Mobilization 
Activities.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report describing the activities carried out 
by the agency pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of Executive Order 14019 (86 
Fed. Reg. 13623).
    (d) Prohibiting Voter Registration and Mobilization in Federal 
Work-Study Programs.--Section 443(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-53(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) does not involve registering or mobilizing 
                voters on or off the campus of the institution; and''.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
                the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on House Administration of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives.
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