[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6885 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6885

 To amend title 3, United States Code, to include under the Electoral 
 Count Act of 1887 that the vote of an elector of a State shall not be 
 counted if, with respect to the election for President, the State did 
 not include on the ballot in the State a candidate for President who 
   was nominated by a major political party, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 22, 2023

    Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
   Burlison, Mr. Harris, Mr. Duncan, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Nehls, Mrs. 
 Harshbarger, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Ogles) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 3, United States Code, to include under the Electoral 
 Count Act of 1887 that the vote of an elector of a State shall not be 
 counted if, with respect to the election for President, the State did 
 not include on the ballot in the State a candidate for President who 
   was nominated by a major political party, 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 ``Presidential Ballot Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. REJECTION OF ELECTORAL VOTES OF A STATE IN CERTAIN CASES.

    (a) In General.--Section 15(e)(1)(B) of title 3, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``if, with respect to the State of the 
elector in question, a candidate for President who was nominated by a 
major political party for election to such office did not appear on the 
ballot of the State or'' after ``shall not be counted''.
    (b) Major Political Party Defined.--Section 15 of title 3, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Major Political Party Defined.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `major political party' has the meaning given the term `major 
party' in section 9002 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
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