[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 122 (Monday, July 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. STEIL:
       H.R. 4563.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 informs the Congress that 
     the primary authority to set election law and to administer 
     federal elections rests with the States and not with the 
     Congress.
       First Amendment ``Congress shall make no law respecting an 
     establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise 
     thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; 
     or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to 
     petition the Government for a redress of grievances.''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 ``To exercise exclusive 
     Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not 
     exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular 
     States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of 
     Government of the United States[.]''
       Fourteenth Amendment ``All citizens born or naturalized in 
     the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, 
     are citizens of the United States[.]''
       Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-sixth 
     Amendments ``The right of citizens of the United States to 
     vote . . .''
       The Tenth Amendment confirms that the Constitution assigns 
     only enumerated powers to the Congress and that the States 
     and the people retain the remainder.
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 ``To establish Post Offices 
     and post Roads;''
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 1 ``Each House shall be the 
     Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own 
     Members[.]''
       Sixteenth Amendment ``The Congress shall have the power to 
     lay and collect taxes on incomes,''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 ``To regulate Commerce with 
     . . . the Indian Tribes;''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 ``To raise and support 
     Armies[.]''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 ``To provide and maintain a 
     Navy[.]''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 ``To make Rules for the 
     Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces[.]''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 ``To make all Laws which 
     shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the 
     foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this 
     Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in 
     any Department or Officer thereof.''
       The single subject of this legislation is:
       This bill promotes election integrity, voter confidence, 
     and faith in elections by removing federal impediments to, 
     providing state tools for, and establishing voluntary 
     considerations to support effective state administration of 
     federal elections and improving election administration in 
     the District of Columbia.