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Foreign Agents Registration Act exemption for agents of foreign principals who are also registered lobbyists, and to analyze possible revisions to the two Acts.","amount":null,"quote":"conduct and submit to Congress an assessment of the implications of the exemption provided under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4501","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H91A6F97796FA47EEA39549592DDA0ABF"},"heading":"Repeal of restriction of use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit organizations","effect":"Repeals a section of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 that restricted Internal Revenue Service use of funds concerning political activity of certain nonprofit organizations.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 122 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 (division E of Public Law 116–260) is hereby repealed."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4601","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H4E5EF86DF6864B0F9E7BBC8135912CEE"},"heading":"Repeal of restriction on use of funds by Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure shareholders of corporations have knowledge of corporation political activity","effect":"Repeals a section of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 that restricted Securities and Exchange Commission use of funds on corporate political activity disclosure.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 631 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 (division E of Public Law 116–260) is hereby repealed."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4602","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H9FB4A455C2FC437892352CF5806383B0"},"heading":"Assessment of shareholder preferences for disbursements for political purposes","effect":"Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to bar listed issuers from political disbursements unless they have assessed shareholder preferences within the prior year, and makes such disbursements unlawful under the campaign finance act without procedures in place.","amount":null,"quote":"An issuer with an equity security listed on a national securities exchange may not make a disbursement for a political purpose unless"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4701","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HC8A0C79EAA4A4B22BD943EE1E7EF7C79"},"heading":"Repeal of restriction on use of funds to require disclosure of political spending by government contractors","effect":"Repeals a section of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 that restricted use of funds to require disclosure of political spending by government contractors.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 735 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 (division E of Public Law 116–260) is hereby repealed."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HE79248D283544DAFBB4444571C54BA55"},"heading":"Treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as authorized campaign expenditure","effect":"Lets a candidate's authorized committee pay for child care, elder care, similar dependent care and health insurance premiums as authorized campaign expenditures, within the salary limit, and excludes committees of candidates who hold Federal office.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to an authorized committee of a candidate who is a holder of Federal office."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HC38E006283AF43EC87829DE40881D6E5"},"heading":"Timeframe for and prioritization of disposal of contributions or donations","effect":"Limits how long leftover campaign contributions may be used (6 years after an individual's last Federal candidacy, or until the individual becomes a registered lobbyist or foreign agent) and sets the order for disposing of them within 30 days.","amount":null,"quote":"in the case of an individual who is not a candidate with respect to an election for any Federal office for a 6-year period beginning on the day after the date of the most recent such election"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9001","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HFF37599229C2419E954D36F4FAC1B5EF"},"heading":"Requiring Members of Congress to reimburse Treasury for amounts paid as settlements and awards under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 in all cases of employment discrimination acts by Members","effect":"Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 so Members of Congress must reimburse the Treasury for settlements and awards for violations of sections 201(a) or 206(a).","amount":null,"quote":"a violation of section 201(a) or section 206(a); or"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H44FF0B0BF00E4C08A19A31A399CC40F6"},"heading":"Prohibiting Members of House of Representatives from serving on boards of for-profit entities","effect":"Amends the House rules to bar a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from serving on the board of directors of any for-profit entity.","amount":null,"quote":"A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not serve on the board of directors of any for-profit entity."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HFAFD23021D90420299AE6AC98EF6815F"},"heading":"Conflict of interest rules for Members of Congress and congressional staff","effect":"Bars Members, officers, and employees of Congress from knowingly using their official position to advance legislation whose principal purpose is to further only their own or a limited class's pecuniary interest when they belong to the affected class.","amount":null,"quote":"No Member, officer, or employee of a committee or Member of either House of Congress may knowingly use his or her official position to introduce or aid the progress or passage of legislation"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HA136BD0EB8A9484B981CAC279E9F82D3"},"heading":"Definitions","effect":"Defines terms for the congressionally mandated reports portal, excluding reports required under part B of subtitle II of title 36 and excluding the Government Accountability Office from the covered agencies.","amount":null,"quote":"does not include a report required under part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9303","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HD49BAF70FD034661877125CCD083CC75"},"heading":"Establishment of online portal for congressionally mandated reports","effect":"Requires the Director of the Government Publishing Office to establish a public online portal where all congressionally mandated reports can be obtained, searched, and downloaded, within 1 year of enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"the Director shall establish and maintain an online portal accessible by the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one place."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HDB30F9A20F4343C1B96DB8A61F93DDC7"},"heading":"Federal agency responsibilities","effect":"Requires each Federal agency head to submit report information to the Director when a congressionally mandated report goes to Congress, and sets OMB guidance and Librarian of Congress report-list duties.","amount":null,"quote":"the head of the Federal agency submitting the congressionally mandated report shall submit to the Director the information required under subparagraphs (A) through (D)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9305","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H1DCEAA3C4EF64A688B57211E9CF35984"},"heading":"Removing and altering reports","effect":"Allows a report on the online portal to be changed or removed, other than technical changes, only if the agency head consults committees and Congress enacts a joint resolution authorizing it.","amount":null,"quote":"may only be changed or removed, with the exception of technical changes, by the head of the Federal agency concerned if"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H5578D8A9EED34AD387964C28017BFEC2"},"heading":"Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act","effect":"Provides that the portal subtitle does not require disclosure of information exempt under the Freedom of Information Act and sets redaction rules for agency heads.","amount":null,"quote":"The head of a Federal agency may redact information required to be disclosed under this subtitle if the information would be properly withheld from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9307","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H1E9BBA4803C04BF4A6DEAEA2067720E1"},"heading":"Implementation","effect":"Sets implementation of the congressionally mandated reports portal subtitle at 1 year after enactment, applying to reports submitted on or after that date.","amount":null,"quote":"this subtitle shall be implemented not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H4CE440BFC9774F82BE2C6D612951ABE3"},"heading":"Reports on outside compensation earned by congressional employees","effect":"Requires supervisors to report to the House or Senate ethics committee, quarterly and at start and end of service, the source, amount, and rate of outside compensation paid to congressional employees serving more than four weeks.","amount":null,"quote":"shall submit a report identifying the identity of the source, amount, and rate of such compensation to"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1909","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H19FF5B137D2941839B4C2DF4FBEF78FF"},"heading":"Election Day as legal public holiday","effect":"Adds Election Day, the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years, to the list of legal public holidays in section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, starting with the November 2022 general election.","amount":null,"quote":"Election Day, the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2001","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HFA7C56E8672A43E8BB63F9FD13D42BA9"},"heading":"Findings reaffirming commitment of Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act","effect":"Sets out congressional findings about the Voting Rights Act, court decisions, and state voting laws, and lists purposes of the Act including procedures for preclearance of voting practice changes; it makes no appropriation.","amount":null,"quote":"To establish procedures by which States and localities, in accordance with past actions, submit voting practice changes for preclearance by the Federal Government."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H08E3BA7EE61E45B497F940DA884E6073"},"heading":"Findings relating to Native American voting rights","effect":"Sets out congressional findings on Native American voting rights, including access to registration and polling sites and language assistance; it makes no appropriation.","amount":null,"quote":"Congress has broad, plenary authority to enact legislation to safeguard the voting rights of Native American voters."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3701","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HEA4A07FFC3C046E585D58E4DCE3EC731"},"heading":"Use of voting machines manufactured in the United States","effect":"Requires each State, by the November 2024 general election, to seek to ensure that voting machines used in federal elections are manufactured in the United States.","amount":null,"quote":"each State shall seek to ensure that any voting machine used in such election and in any subsequent election for Federal office is manufactured in the United States"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4603","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HDB6A2C3AA55F4AAB9CCAC7943836D023"},"heading":"Governance and operations of corporate PACs","effect":"Directs the Federal Election Commission to collect information on the governance of corporate separate segregated funds, analyze their donor base, and begin a rulemaking to create a new designation for them.","amount":null,"quote":"The Commission shall, on an ongoing basis, collect information on the governance of the separate segregated funds of corporations under this section"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4802","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H3DA4350F71E0405487DCCB64E0347D8A"},"heading":"Limitations and disclosure of certain donations to, and disbursements by, Inaugural Committees","effect":"Bans donations to Inaugural Committees from non-individuals and foreign nationals, caps an individual's aggregate donations at $50,000, and requires disclosure of donations and disbursements, for inaugurations held in 2025 and after.","amount":"$50,000","quote":"It shall be unlawful for an individual to make donations to an Inaugural Committee which, in the aggregate, exceed $50,000."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8038","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H072F55FB53294BC3B74B345BA511FB7A"},"heading":"Reports on cost of senior Federal official travel","effect":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the House Armed Services Committee every 90 days on Department of Defense costs of senior Federal officials' travel on military aircraft, including whether spousal travel was reimbursed.","amount":null,"quote":"a report detailing the direct and indirect costs to the Department of Defense in support of travel by senior Federal officials on military aircraft"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1821","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HEC5870819B5A434589875D38276E390C"},"heading":"Prohibition on campaign activities by chief State election administration officials","effect":"Makes it unlawful for a chief State election administration official to take an active part in political management or a campaign for a Federal office election the official supervises, with an exception when the official or an immediate family member is a candidate and the official recuses.","amount":null,"quote":"This section does not apply to a chief State election administration official with respect to an election for Federal office in which the official or an immediate family member of the official is a candidate"}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1020","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H75DA64048CA742508B6F7330F684B037"},"heading":"Definitions","effect":"Defines \"exempt State\" as a State with an automatic registration program in effect continuously since enactment, including one that registers people when they apply for benefits or services with a \"Permanent Dividend Fund of the State.\"","amount":null,"quote":"in the case of a State in which an individual is automatically registered to vote at the time the individual applies for benefits or services with a Permanent Dividend Fund of the State"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 7105","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H87AD6EC0D6204F1B89110A79F6569E42"},"heading":"Disclaimer requirements for materials posted on online platforms by agents of foreign principals on behalf of clients","effect":"Requires online platforms to keep the foreign-agent statement with shared materials, but only for platforms with 50,000,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority of months in the prior 12.","amount":null,"quote":"but only if the platform has 50,000,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority of months during the 12 months preceding the dissemination of the materials"}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1901","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H748D8FFA96754DFC899A936A291B38FD"},"heading":"Treatment of institutions of higher education","effect":"Makes institutions of higher education voter registration agencies, creates a Campus Vote Coordinator duty, and authorizes competitive grants, with 25 percent of the appropriated funds reserved for Minority Institutions described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.","amount":null,"quote":"Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall ensure that 25 percent is reserved for Minority Institutions described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1904","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H4A723C89A1C140DE907AE54151F2408C"},"heading":"Accommodations for voters residing in Indian lands","effect":"Lets Indian Tribes designate one building per precinct on Indian lands as ballot pickup and collection locations at no cost to the Tribe, requires ballots to be provided without a residential address, and amends language requirements in section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.","amount":null,"quote":"An Indian Tribe may designate one building per precinct located within Indian lands."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1933","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HF0E86543B82242AC9B368B682DAC1FD7"},"heading":"Authorizing payments to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems serving the American Indian Consortium","effect":"Makes protection and advocacy systems serving the American Indian Consortium eligible for voting accessibility payments and sets minimum grants of $70,000 and $35,000 for specified systems.","amount":null,"quote":"subsection (c)(3)(B) shall not be less than $70,000, and the amount of the grants to systems referred to in subsections (c)(1)(B) and (c)(4)(B) shall not be less than $35,000"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H08EA8B316C8746B39FA15A817D668434"},"heading":"Permitting political party committees to provide enhanced support for candidates through use of separate small dollar accounts","effect":"Raises the limit on contributions to candidates from $5,000 to $10,000 when made by a national party committee from a separate account funded by individuals giving $200 or less, and removes the coordinated expenditure limit for those accounts.","amount":"$10,000","quote":"in the case of a contribution made by a national committee of a political party from an account described in paragraph (11), exceed $10,000"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1008","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HD896478E3B3A48A2B951F45C5163D4EB"},"heading":"Effective date","effect":"Sets a January 1, 2022 start for the online registration amendments, but lets a State that certifies extraordinary circumstances, with Commission approval, move its start date to January 1, 2024.","amount":null,"quote":"if a State certifies to the Election Assistance Commission that the State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection (a) because of extraordinary circumstances"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1018","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H7B4FAD583B454A0AA444EF9BC12311CF"},"heading":"Treatment of exempt States","effect":"Provides that the automatic registration part does not apply to an exempt State, except for the sections on registration portability and correction, payments and grants, enforcement, and relation to other laws.","amount":null,"quote":"Except as provided in subsection (b), this part does not apply with respect to an exempt State."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1021","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HAD86CB8B84374613A234F9D5A7E46BF1"},"heading":"Effective date","effect":"Sets a January 1, 2023 start for automatic registration, but lets a State that certifies extraordinary circumstances, with Commission approval, move its start date to January 1, 2025.","amount":null,"quote":"if a State certifies to the Commission that the State will not meet the deadline referred to in subsection (a) because of extraordinary circumstances"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1031","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H5D7B0F8DC4964F5E8D24B75951882E08"},"heading":"Same day registration","effect":"Requires same day registration in all States, but exempts States whose law has had no voter registration requirement for Federal elections continuously since enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to a State in which, under a State law in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this section, there is no voter registration requirement"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HECA9B8456364480A8A856FA4505C5733"},"heading":"Requirements for States to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities","effect":"Lets a State seek an Attorney General waiver of the 45-day absentee ballot transmission rule for individuals with disabilities, if the State shows an undue hardship from its primary date, a legal contest delaying ballots, or its State Constitution.","amount":null,"quote":"One or more of the following issues creates an undue hardship for the State:"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1507","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HE7AF195EE60540CDADE86D2B0FF9ADC5"},"heading":"Effective date for new requirements","effect":"Delays the new paper ballot requirements from 2022 to 2024 for jurisdictions that used certain paper record printers or systems in November 2020, and separately delays one requirement to 2024 for jurisdictions using a certain type of ballot marking device.","amount":null,"quote":"In the case of a jurisdiction described in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) shall apply to a voting system in the jurisdiction as if the reference in such subparagraph to “2022” were a reference to “2024”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1937","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H1EE03F89B97C4D6D8D1F1C022BB72E48"},"heading":"Clarification of Exemption for States Without Voter Registration","effect":"Exempts any State that has had no voter registration requirement continuously since enactment from the provisions of this title and its amendments that impose registration-related requirements on States.","amount":null,"quote":"such provision shall not apply in the case of any State in which, under law that is in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is no voter registration requirement"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2401","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H1A7A816240AB41E4AD8905339B09DD8E"},"heading":"Requiring congressional redistricting to be conducted through plan of independent State commission","effect":"Requires congressional redistricting through independent commission plans, but exempts States with existing qualifying commissions and exempts the State of Iowa while its current agency-based process stays in effect.","amount":null,"quote":"Subsection (a) does not apply to the State of Iowa, so long as congressional redistricting in such State is carried out in accordance with a plan"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2431","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H5E43808C99B641F6860A770FFC464AC8"},"heading":"Payments to States for carrying out redistricting","effect":"Directs the Election Assistance Commission to pay each State $150,000 times its number of Representatives for redistricting, with no payment to States entitled to only one Representative and a separate certification condition for Iowa.","amount":"$150,000","quote":"The Election Assistance Commission shall not make a payment under this section to any State which is not entitled to more than one Representative under its State apportionment notice."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3305","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H62AB0C6E26E647C1A0F6F9B687918C92"},"heading":"Exemption of cybersecurity assistance from limitations on amount of coordinated political party expenditures","effect":"Exempts expenditures for secure information communications technology, cybersecurity products or services, and products or services that help respond to online threats or harassment from the limits on coordinated political party expenditures.","amount":null,"quote":"or to expenditures (whether provided as funds or provided as in-kind services) for secure information communications technology or for a cybersecurity product or service"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HFD9C8878D8D14F708FF4D4169CA34D18"},"heading":"Assessments against fines and penalties","effect":"Adds a 4.75 percent assessment on federal criminal fines, civil and administrative penalties, settlements and certain tax penalties, paid into the Freedom From Influence Fund, and exempts individual taxpayers below a set income level from the tax-penalty assessment.","amount":null,"quote":"In the case of a taxpayer who is an individual, subsection (a) shall not apply to any covered penalty if such taxpayer is an exempt taxpayer for the taxable year for which such covered penalty is assessed."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5218","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HA276640FB66B4E6BA4E1249805B514CF"},"heading":"Use of Freedom From Influence Fund as source of payments","effect":"Pays all Presidential election payments under chapter 95 from the Freedom From Influence Fund starting with the 2028 election, reduces payments pro rata if the fund is short, and sets apart the transfer of funds under section 9008(i), headed as the pediatric research initiative.","amount":null,"quote":"This section does not apply to the transfer of funds under section 9008(i)."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HB04EE7723B6048899A1E1C821C5B9A4D"},"heading":"1-year transition period for certain individuals","effect":"Gives a 1-year transition period to dispose of remaining contributions or donations for individuals who would otherwise be in violation of the new disposal rule on the date of enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"In the case of an individual described in subsection (b), any contributions or donations remaining available to the individual shall be disposed of—"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8007","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H358658EEF05E40908B5FFCBD1A31EA4E"},"heading":"Limitation on use of Federal funds and contracting at businesses owned by certain Government officers and employees","effect":"Bars Federal funds from being spent on goods or services at businesses owned or controlled by the President, Vice President, Cabinet-level officials or their family members, except where authorized under the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976.","amount":null,"quote":"unless such obligation or expenditure of funds is authorized under the Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–524)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1408","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H2CA59196F8E342FAB3D60692C310F29D"},"heading":"Federal prison funds","effect":"Bars any State, local government, or other person from receiving or using Federal funds to build or improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarceration unless it has a program notifying released citizens of their voting rights under section 1403.","amount":null,"quote":"No State, unit of local government, or other person may receive or use, to construct or otherwise improve a prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal funds unless"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1053","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H4317D1187CDB48D2A5FF9C78801A4795"},"heading":"Use of Postal Service hard copy change of address form to remind individuals to update voter registration","effect":"Requires the Postmaster General to add a voter-registration update reminder to hard copy Postal Service change of address forms, with electronic versions of the form excluded from the requirement.","amount":null,"quote":"The requirement in subsection (a) shall not apply to any electronic version of a change of address form used by the United States Postal Service."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1621","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H37F2B2DE4C3D46CF9DC1B1C4B0950FD7"},"heading":"Voting by mail","effect":"Requires States to transmit absentee ballot applications by mail at least 60 days before a Federal election, with an exception for States that transmit ballots to voters without an application.","amount":null,"quote":"Subparagraph (A) does not apply with respect to a State which transmits a ballot in an election for Federal office in the State to a voter prior to the date of the election"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1903","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HC9BB69BAC62C44E1B6399CF3D3C3D878"},"heading":"Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements for voting","effect":"Requires States with voter identification requirements to accept a sworn written statement of identity, with first-time voters who registered by mail and must meet the separate identification requirement excluded.","amount":null,"quote":"Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply with respect to any individual described in paragraph (1) of section 303(b) who is required to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of such section."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1906","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HAB6FD87E1D9D4E31B27873A364D74DC2"},"heading":"Ensuring equitable and efficient operation of polling places","effect":"Sets polling place waiting-time and hours-of-operation requirements for States, with an exception from the limit on variation in hours for polling places whose hours are set by a unit of local government or extended by court order.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a polling place— (A) whose hours of operation are established, in accordance with State law, by the unit of local government"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4111","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H1EA0C8B7D2C54DD6950DD1B807701E01"},"heading":"Reporting of campaign-related disbursements","effect":"Requires covered organizations to report campaign-related disbursements, with publicly reporting securities issuers excepted from the beneficial owner listing and section 501(c)(3) organizations excluded from the covered organization definition.","amount":null,"quote":"in the case of a covered organization that is a corporation (other than a business concern that is an issuer of a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4131","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H7731F065C06D4FDC820DD5FBE910BC34"},"heading":"Disclosure of contributions to political committees immediately prior to election","effect":"Requires political committees to notify the Commission within 48 hours of contributions over $5,000 received in the 20 days before an election, with authorized candidate committees and political party committees excluded.","amount":"$5,000","quote":"This subparagraph does not apply to an authorized committee of a candidate or any committee of a political party."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4302","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H88518119B7D347839EBDF55CA0B778D6"},"heading":"Stand by every ad","effect":"Expands disclaimer requirements for certain communications, with an exception for communications covered by subsection (d)(2), which concerns communications paid for by political committees including political party committees, and special rules for short-duration communications.","amount":null,"quote":"This subsection does not apply to any communication to which subsection (d)(2) applies."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 6002","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HE6103BF880A740379CEBD6B688C93E28"},"heading":"Membership of Federal Election Commission","effect":"Within the Federal Election Commission membership changes, it exempts a Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel convened by the President from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.","amount":null,"quote":"The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not apply to a Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel convened under this subparagraph."}]},{"category":"rule_delay","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4502","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H13D3786988CA4DB5924EC09ED6889A96"},"heading":"Repeal of regulations","effect":"Provides that a specific final Treasury Department regulation on reporting requirements of exempt organizations has no force and effect.","amount":null,"quote":"published at 85 Fed. Reg. 31959 (May 28, 2020)) shall have no force and effect"}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1923","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-HB1001840933B4018B9F03EFFB2FDAEE8"},"heading":"Reports by National Institute of Standards and Technology on use of funds transferred from Election Assistance Commission","effect":"Bars the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology from using funds transferred from the Election Assistance Commission unless the Director certifies a report will be submitted within 90 days after the fiscal year ends.","amount":null,"quote":"the Director may not use such funds unless the Director certifies at the time of transfer that the Director will submit a report to the Commission"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1925","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H5B7DBE83FF644320852BF99E8FB0E601"},"heading":"Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting requirements","effect":"Strikes subsection (e) of section 205 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which the section heading describes as an exemption of the Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting requirements, for contracts entered into on or after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 205 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20925) is amended by striking subsection (e)."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3304","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H67D2BC703813472D9D2F2F23798DB8F0"},"heading":"Streamlining collection of election information","effect":"Exempts the Election Assistance Commission's collection of information for its election clearinghouse from the federal Paperwork Reduction Act requirements in subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44.","amount":null,"quote":"Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to the collection of information for purposes of maintaining the clearinghouse"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4122","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H315B96A1DAD74BFE92D937AAB5FD502D"},"heading":"Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws","effect":"Requires court challenges to federal campaign finance law to be filed in the D.C. federal courts, moves other cases there, directs expedited handling, and lets Members of Congress intervene in or bring such actions.","amount":null,"quote":"The action shall be filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and an appeal from the decision of the district court may be taken"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1623","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh#toc-H95FCB8899C234E6D8B987F28A401CF43"},"heading":"Voting materials postage","effect":"Requires States or localities to prepay postage on voting material return envelopes, and amends Postal Service law to set first-class service standards for election mail, bar new operational changes in the 120 days before an election, create Election Mail Coordinators, and make ballots without a tracking barcode nonmailable.","amount":null,"quote":"During the 120-day period which ends on the date of an election for Federal office, the Postal Service may not carry out any new operational change that would restrict the prompt and reliable delivery of voting materials"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-03-03","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1.png","v":"a5dfc3a2af9b","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1, 117th Congress: For the People Act of 2021. House: 220 Yea, 210 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 3 Mar 2021."}}