H.R. 4823

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4823 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4823

To prohibit agencies of the government from soliciting or entering into 
agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter 
registration or voter mobilization activities on the property or 
website of the agency or from using Federal funds to carry out 
activities directed under Executive Order 14019, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 29, 2025

Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on 
the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and 
Technology, and Education and 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

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A BILL

To prohibit agencies of the government from soliciting or entering into 
agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter 
registration or voter mobilization activities on the property or 
website of the agency or from using Federal funds to carry out 
activities directed under Executive Order 14019, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Free and Fair Elections 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY INVOLVEMENT IN VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES.

(a) Clarification of Federal Agency Involvement in Voter 
Registration Activities.--Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623; 
relating to promoting access to voting) or any substantially similar 
executive order shall have no force or effect to the extent that it is 
inconsistent with section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506).
(b) Prohibiting Promotion of Voter Registration by Agencies.--
(1) Agreements with nongovernmental organizations.--None of 
the funds made available for the salaries and expenses of an 
agency may be used to solicit or enter into an agreement with a 
nongovernmental organization to conduct voter registration or 
voter mobilization activities, including registering voters or 
providing any person with voter registration materials, 
absentee or vote-by-mail ballot applications, voting 
instructions, or candidate-related information, on the property 
or website of the agency.
(2) Activities under executive order 14019.--
(A) Delay in implementation.--
(i) Delay.--Except as provided in clause 
(ii), none of the funds made available for the 
salaries and expenses of an agency may be used 
to implement activities directed under 
Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623) or 
any substantially similar executive order 
until--
(I) in the case of an agency that 
is required to submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees 
under subparagraph (B)(i), 180 days 
after the agency submits the report; or
(II) in the case of an agency that 
is required to submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees 
under subparagraph (B)(ii), the date on 
which the agency submits the report.
(ii) Exception.--Clause (i) shall not apply 
to any activity described in section 7(c) of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 
U.S.C. 20506(c)).
(B) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees--
(i) a copy of the strategic plan of the 
agency for promoting voter registration and 
voter participation under section 3(b) of 
Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623) that 
the agency developed or submitted to the 
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; 
or
(ii) if the agency did not develop or 
submit a plan described in clause (i) to the 
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, 
a certification signed by the head of the 
agency that the agency did not develop or 
submit such a plan.
(3) Effective date.--Except as provided in paragraph 
(2)(B), this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2025 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(c) Additional Report on Voter Registration and Mobilization.--Not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of 
each agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report describing the activities carried out by the agency pursuant to 
sections 3 and 4 of Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623).
(d) Prohibiting Voter Registration and Mobilization in Federal 
Work-Study Programs.--Section 443(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-53(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
``(D) does not involve registering or mobilizing 
voters on or off the campus of the institution; and''.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, except 
that for purposes of subsection (c)(2) such term does not 
include an independent regulatory agency as defined in section 
3502(5) of title 44, United States Code.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate;
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives.
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