119 HR 9577 IH: COCOA Voter Integrity and Primaries Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-07-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9577IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 2, 2026Mr. Fuller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House AdministrationA BILLTo amend section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to affirm access for congressional election observers to primary elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the COCOA Voter Integrity and Primaries Act or the COCOA-VIP Act.

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Clarification of election for federal office

Section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083a) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f)

Election for Federal office defined

(1)

Definition

In this section, the term election for Federal office includes any general, special, primary, or runoff election conducted by ballot in which one or more candidates for the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives (including any Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) appear on the official ballot. (2)

Rule of construction

Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a State or political party to provide observer access to party conventions, caucuses, or other candidate selection processes that do not involve ballots listing candidates for Federal office. .