HR-6493 : Still Just a Bill


Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act of 2023

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 executive order.

The bill also prohibits institutions of higher education that operate federal work-study programs from registering or mobilizing voters on or off campus.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2024-07-08CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.House floor actions
2024-07-08DischargeCommittee on Education and the Workforce discharged.House floor actions
2024-07-08DischargeCommittee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.House floor actions
2024-07-08DischargeCommittee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.House floor actions
2024-07-08DischargeCommittee on the Judiciary discharged.House floor actions
2024-07-08CommitteeReported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-577, Part I.House floor actions
2023-11-30CommitteeOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 4.House committee actions
2023-11-30CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldHouse committee actions
2023-11-29IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-11-29IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-11-29IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-11-29IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-11-29IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-11-29IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Government Operations and Politics
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  • Congressional oversight
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
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  • Licensing and registrations
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