[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Ms. LEE of Florida:
       H.R. 4494.
       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.
       Article I, Section 5, Clause 1 ``Each House shall be the 
     Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own 
     Members[.]''
       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[.]''
       Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``[The Congress shall have 
     Power . . . ] 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 Tenth Amendment confirms that the Constitution assigns 
     only enumerated powers to the Congress and that the States 
     and the people retain the remainder.
       Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and 
     Twenty-Sixth Amendment.
       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.