H.R. 1: For the People Act of 2021

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 3 Mar 2021. Introduced 4 Jan 2021.

Official title: To expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 3 Mar 2021: Passed, 220 Yea, 210 Nay, 0 Present, 2 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (220): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1).

Nay (210): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).

Not voting (2): Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15).

Not in office (17): Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Amends federal law on elections and government ethics in three divisions: voting (registration, ballot access, redistricting, election security), campaign finance (disclosure, foreign spending, public financing, Federal Election Commission), and ethics (judges, executive branch, lobbying, tax return disclosure). Division A, Division B, Division C

Its core areas: Voter registration and ballot access, including automatic and same-day registration, mail voting and restoration of voting rights; Congressional redistricting by independent state commissions; Election security grants, audits and cybersecurity; Campaign finance disclosure, disclaimers and the foreign national spending ban; Small dollar public financing of congressional and presidential campaigns; Federal Election Commission structure and enforcement; Ethics, conflict of interest and lobbying rules for judges and executive branch officials; Presidential and Vice Presidential tax return disclosure.

Unexpected Items: 76 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (41)

Sec. 4: Standards for judicial review: Requires any court challenge to the Act to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, with appeal to the D.C. Circuit, sets expedited handling, and lets Members of Congress intervene.
Sec. 1057: Inclusion of voter registration information with certain leases and vouchers for federally assisted rental housing and mortgage applications: Requires the housing and consumer finance agencies to have public housing agencies, voucher administrators, assisted-housing owners and mortgage creditors give a voter registration statement to lessees, voucher holders and mortgage applicants.
Sec. 1910A: Study on ranked-choice voting: Directs the Comptroller General to study ranked-choice voting in States and localities, including its effect on turnout, negative campaigning and who runs for office, and to report with recommendations within 1 year.
Sec. 1935: Placement of statues of citizens of territories of the United States in Statuary Hall: Amends the law on statues in Statuary Hall so that the term State includes American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
Sec. 2201: Findings relating to District of Columbia statehood: States congressional findings about District of Columbia statehood, including that residents deserve voting representation and that the House passed H.R. 51 on June 26, 2020.
Sec. 2301: Findings relating to territorial voting rights: Sets out congressional findings on the voting rights and political participation of residents of United States territories; it makes no appropriation.
Sec. 2302: Congressional Task Force on Voting Rights of United States Citizen Residents of Territories of the United States: Establishes a 12-member congressional task force on voting rights of U.S. citizen residents of territories, with a status update in September 2021 and a report due by December 31, 2021.
Sec. 2701: Residence of incarcerated individuals: Directs the Secretary of Commerce's census count, beginning with the 2020 census, to attribute incarcerated individuals to their last place of residence before incarceration for apportionment of Representatives among the States.
Sec. 3201: National strategy to protect United States democratic institutions: Requires the President to issue, within 1 year, a national strategy against cyber attacks, influence operations and disinformation campaigns aimed at United States democratic institutions, a term the bill defines more broadly than elections.
Sec. 3202: National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions: Creates a 10-member National Commission within the legislative branch to counter efforts to undermine democratic institutions, with a final report due 18 months after its first meeting.
Sec. 3802: Task Force: Directs the Election Assistance Commission to set up a task force of experts, serving without pay, to study automated accounts on social media.
Sec. 3803: Study and Report: Requires a task force to study the impact of automated accounts on social media, public discourse, and elections, and to report its conclusions to Congress within 1 year.
Sec. 4001: Findings relating to illicit money undermining our democracy: States congressional findings on anonymous shell companies, real estate transactions and anti-money laundering law, and that Congress should require disclosure of beneficial owners and examine money laundering risks in the real estate market.
Sec. 4210: Independent study on media literacy and online political content consumption: Directs the Federal Election Commission to commission an independent study and report on media literacy and online political content consumption among voting-age Americans, with recommendations.
Sec. 4411: Notifying States of disinformation campaigns by foreign nationals: Requires the Federal Election Commission to notify a State within 30 days if it determines a foreign national started or attempted a disinformation campaign targeting an election in that State.
Sec. 4421: Prohibition on distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media prior to election: Prohibits distributing materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate within 60 days of a federal election unless labeled as manipulated, allows civil actions, and sets criminal penalties of up to $100,000 and 5 years. ($100,000)
Sec. 4431: Assessment of exemption of registration requirements under FARA for registered lobbyists: Directs the Comptroller General to assess the Foreign Agents Registration Act exemption for agents of foreign principals who are also registered lobbyists, and to analyze possible revisions to the two Acts.
Sec. 4501: Repeal of restriction of use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit organizations: 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.
Sec. 4601: Repeal of restriction on use of funds by Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure shareholders of corporations have knowledge of corporation political activity: 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.
Sec. 4602: Assessment of shareholder preferences for disbursements for political purposes: 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.
Sec. 4701: Repeal of restriction on use of funds to require disclosure of political spending by government contractors: 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.
Sec. 5302: Treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as authorized campaign expenditure: 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.
Sec. 6201: Timeframe for and prioritization of disposal of contributions or donations: 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.
Sec. 9001: 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: 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).
Sec. 9101: Prohibiting Members of House of Representatives from serving on boards of for-profit entities: Amends the House rules to bar a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from serving on the board of directors of any for-profit entity.
Sec. 9102: Conflict of interest rules for Members of Congress and congressional staff: 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.
Sec. 9302: Definitions: 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.
Sec. 9303: Establishment of online portal for congressionally mandated reports: 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.
Sec. 9304: Federal agency responsibilities: 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.
Sec. 9305: Removing and altering reports: 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.
Sec. 9306: Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act: 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.
Sec. 9307: Implementation: Sets implementation of the congressionally mandated reports portal subtitle at 1 year after enactment, applying to reports submitted on or after that date.
Sec. 9401: Reports on outside compensation earned by congressional employees: 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.
Sec. 1909: Election Day as legal public holiday: 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.
Sec. 2001: Findings reaffirming commitment of Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act: 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.
Sec. 2101: Findings relating to Native American voting rights: Sets out congressional findings on Native American voting rights, including access to registration and polling sites and language assistance; it makes no appropriation.
Sec. 3701: Use of voting machines manufactured in the United States: 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.
Sec. 4603: Governance and operations of corporate PACs: 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.
Sec. 4802: Limitations and disclosure of certain donations to, and disbursements by, Inaugural Committees: 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. ($50,000)
Sec. 8038: Reports on cost of senior Federal official travel: 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.
Sec. 1821: Prohibition on campaign activities by chief State election administration officials: 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.

Applies only to a specific place or group (2)

Sec. 1020: Definitions: 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."
Sec. 7105: Disclaimer requirements for materials posted on online platforms by agents of foreign principals on behalf of clients: 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.

Different amount for specific places or groups (4)

Sec. 1901: Treatment of institutions of higher education: 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.
Sec. 1904: Accommodations for voters residing in Indian lands: 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.
Sec. 1933: Authorizing payments to voting accessibility protection and advocacy systems serving the American Indian Consortium: 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.
Sec. 5401: Permitting political party committees to provide enhanced support for candidates through use of separate small dollar accounts: 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. ($10,000)

Exception or delay for a subset (23)

Sec. 1008: Effective date: 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.
Sec. 1018: Treatment of exempt States: 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.
Sec. 1021: Effective date: 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.
Sec. 1031: Same day registration: Requires same day registration in all States, but exempts States whose law has had no voter registration requirement for Federal elections continuously since enactment.
Sec. 1101: Requirements for States to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities: 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.
Sec. 1507: Effective date for new requirements: 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.
Sec. 1937: Clarification of Exemption for States Without Voter Registration: 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.
Sec. 2401: Requiring congressional redistricting to be conducted through plan of independent State commission: 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.
Sec. 2431: Payments to States for carrying out redistricting: 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. ($150,000)
Sec. 3305: Exemption of cybersecurity assistance from limitations on amount of coordinated political party expenditures: 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.
Sec. 5114: Assessments against fines and penalties: 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.
Sec. 5218: Use of Freedom From Influence Fund as source of payments: 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.
Sec. 6202: 1-year transition period for certain individuals: 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.
Sec. 8007: Limitation on use of Federal funds and contracting at businesses owned by certain Government officers and employees: 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.
Sec. 1408: Federal prison funds: 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.
Sec. 1053: Use of Postal Service hard copy change of address form to remind individuals to update voter registration: 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.
Sec. 1621: Voting by mail: 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.
Sec. 1903: Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements for voting: 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.
Sec. 1906: Ensuring equitable and efficient operation of polling places: 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.
Sec. 4111: Reporting of campaign-related disbursements: 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.
Sec. 4131: Disclosure of contributions to political committees immediately prior to election: 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. ($5,000)
Sec. 4302: Stand by every ad: 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.
Sec. 6002: Membership of Federal Election Commission: Within the Federal Election Commission membership changes, it exempts a Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel convened by the President from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 4502: Repeal of regulations: Provides that a specific final Treasury Department regulation on reporting requirements of exempt organizations has no force and effect.

Changes a government process (5)

Sec. 1923: Reports by National Institute of Standards and Technology on use of funds transferred from Election Assistance Commission: 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.
Sec. 1925: Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting requirements: 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.
Sec. 3304: Streamlining collection of election information: 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.
Sec. 4122: Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws: 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.
Sec. 1623: Voting materials postage: 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.

What it does

Sec. 1012: Requires each state's chief election official to operate an automatic registration system that registers eligible individuals using information transferred from government agencies, unless the individual declines.
Sec. 1031: Requires states to let eligible individuals register to vote and cast a vote at the polling place on election day and on any day voting, including early voting, is permitted.
Sec. 1621: Bars states from adding conditions to absentee voting by mail for eligible voters, and from requiring identification, notarization or a witness signature to obtain or cast an absentee ballot.
Sec. 1403: Provides that the right to vote in federal elections may not be denied or abridged because of a criminal conviction unless the person is serving a felony sentence in a correctional institution at the time of the election.
Sec. 2401: Requires congressional redistricting to follow a plan enacted by a state's independent redistricting commission, or by a 3-judge court if no commission plan is enacted, with exceptions for certain existing commissions and Iowa.
Sec. 3001: Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to states for compliant paper ballot voting systems and voting system security improvements, and authorizes $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
Sec. 4111: Requires a covered organization that makes campaign-related disbursements aggregating more than $10,000 in an election reporting cycle to file a disclosure statement with the Federal Election Commission within 24 hours after each disclosure date.
Sec. 5111: Creates a program for House candidates under which participating candidates receive payments equal to 600 percent of the qualified small dollar contributions they receive, subject to eligibility rules and an aggregate limit.
Sec. 7001: Requires the Judicial Conference to issue, within one year of enactment, a code of conduct that applies to each justice and judge of the United States.
Sec. 10001: Requires major party candidates for President and Vice President, and the sitting President and Vice President, to submit income tax returns for the 10 most recent taxable years to the Federal Election Commission, which makes them publicly available.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.