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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 414.","date":"2024-06-04"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-05-23","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia","result":"Failed","yea":195,"nay":212,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll231.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-07-18","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits a non-U.S. citizen from voting in a District of Columbia (DC) election and repeals relevant provisions of DC law."},{"k":"p","t":"Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in a federal election; however, in 2022, DC enacted a law allowing noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections. This bill repeals the DC law, which went into effect on February 23, 2023."}],"words":66},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Prohibits individuals who are not United States citizens from voting in District of Columbia elections, ballot initiatives and referendums, and repeals the District law that allowed noncitizen residents to vote in local elections.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh#H2C0E040823544215AE9A46B7792B4062"},{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh#HA274E1FE0B464106A1C378DD42F18FF2"}]},"core_areas":["Voting by noncitizens in District of Columbia elections","Repeal of the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that an individual who is not a citizen of the United States may not vote in an election for public office in the District of Columbia.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh#H2C0E040823544215AE9A46B7792B4062"}},{"text":"Provides that an individual who is not a citizen of the United States may not vote in any ballot initiative or referendum in the District of Columbia.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh#H2C0E040823544215AE9A46B7792B4062"}},{"text":"Repeals the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24–242).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh#HA274E1FE0B464106A1C378DD42F18FF2"}},{"text":"Restores or revives any provision of law that the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 amended or repealed, as if that Act had not been enacted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh#HA274E1FE0B464106A1C378DD42F18FF2"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-05-23","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/192/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-192.png","v":"bb5799145ccf","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 192, 118th Congress: To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022. House: 262 Yea, 143 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 23 May 2024."}}