118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6493Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act of 2023

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

Government operations and politics
Introduced Nov 29, 2023
Last action Jul 8, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Nov 29, 2023
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Referred
Nov 29, 2023
Education and Workforce · Oversight · House Admin +2
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Committee
Nov 30, 2023
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits federal agencies from using funds made available for salaries and expenses to solicit or enter into agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization activities on the agency's property or website. The bill also nullifies Executive Order 14019 (which established requirements for expanding access to voter registration and election information) and terminates any contracts entered into under specified provisions of the order. Each agency must, within 30 days, submit a report to specified congressional committees that describes the voter registration and mobilization activities carried out by the agency pursuant to this execu...

Provisions · 2 sectionsReported to House
Timeline · 14 actions
Jul 8, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-577, Part I.
Jul 8, 2024
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Jul 8, 2024
Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.
Jul 8, 2024
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Jul 8, 2024
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Jul 8, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.
Nov 30, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 30, 2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 4.
Nov 29, 2023
Introduced in House
Nov 29, 2023
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.
Nov 29, 2023
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.
Nov 29, 2023
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.
Nov 29, 2023
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.
Nov 29, 2023
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.