H.R. 5314: Protecting Our Democracy Act

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 9 Dec 2021. Introduced 21 Sep 2021.

Official title: To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presidential power, restoring checks and balances and accountability and transparency in government, and defending elections against foreign interference, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 9 Dec 2021: Passed, 220 Yea, 208 Nay, 0 Present, 6 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); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); 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); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); 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); 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); 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); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19).

Nay (208): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); 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); 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); 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); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); 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); 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); 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); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); 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); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1).

Not voting (6): Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1).

Not in office (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); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Changes federal law on presidential and executive-branch conduct, congressional oversight powers, inspectors general, whistleblowers, and federal election rules, including foreign interference in elections. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division E

Its core areas: Pardons, self-pardons, and statutes of limitations for Presidents and Vice Presidents; Foreign and domestic emoluments enforcement; Enforcement of congressional subpoenas; Impoundment control and national emergency declarations; Inspector general independence and whistleblower protections; Hatch Act enforcement and executive branch ethics; Presidential and Vice Presidential tax return disclosure; Foreign interference, online political advertising, and campaign finance rules; Protection of election officials.

Unexpected Items: 25 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 (21)

Sec. 204: Forfeiture of benefits for former Presidents convicted of a felony: Bars the monetary allowance and most funding under the Former Presidents Act for a former President finally convicted of a felony, and requires repayment of allowance amounts received between initial and final conviction.
Sec. 311: Transparency in access to classified information during presidential transitions: Requires eligible candidates or the President-elect to report to named congressional committees the name of each person for whom a security clearance is applied for or granted, within 10 days.
Sec. 312: Transparency in family access to classified information: Requires the President or agency head to notify named congressional committees within 10 days when a security clearance is applied for or granted for a spouse, child, or child-in-law of the President.
Sec. 516: White House employee information: Requires the Executive Office of the President to post on a public website the annual salary of each White House employee, staffing and pay counts by office, and each employee's most recent financial disclosure statement.
Sec. 517: Machine-readable format required for agency reports: Requires any report an executive agency submits to Congress to be in machine-readable format unless each receiving committee waives the requirement.
Sec. 525: Treatment of requests for information from members of Congress: Amends the Freedom of Information Act provision on congressional access (5 U.S.C. 552(d)) to add "or any member thereof" after "Congress".
Sec. 534: Congressional Designations: Repeals the Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism designation in the budget enforcement law's discretionary spending adjustment, leaving only the emergency-requirement designation, effective the later of October 1, 2021 or enactment.
Sec. 602: Definitions: Defines which communications between the Department of Justice and the White House must be logged, and excludes several types of communication, such as national security matters, pardon matters, and policy matters, from the definition.
Sec. 603: Communications logs: Requires the Attorney General to keep a log of covered communications and to send it quarterly to the Department of Justice Inspector General, who notifies the Judiciary Committees of communications found inappropriate or raising concerns about improper political interference.
Sec. 804: Classifying certain furloughs as adverse personnel actions: Amends 5 U.S.C. 7512 to cover furloughs of more than 14 days but less than 30 days, and furloughs of 13 days or less that are not due to a lapse in appropriations; furloughs due to a lapse in appropriations of 13 days or less are not included.
Sec. 902: Clarification of Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998: Amends the Federal Vacancies Reform Act: adds service requirements for acting officials, sets a 120-day limit in place of 210 for cabinet-level vacancies, sets a 300-day limit for vacancies at inauguration, and exempts some first assistants from the 30-day service rule.
Sec. 1102: Ascertainment of successful candidates in general elections for purposes of presidential transition: Amends the Presidential Transition Act so that, if the Administrator has not ascertained the winner within 5 days after the election, each eligible candidate is treated as the apparent successful candidate; requires regulations within 270 days.
Sec. 1701: Issuance of cybersecurity guidance and best practices for campaigns by Federal Election Commission: Requires the Federal Election Commission to issue and regularly update cybersecurity guidance and best practices for political committees and vendors, with the first issuance due within 6 months of enactment.
Sec. 1801: Exclusion of employees with existing security clearances from determination of limit on number of employees of House Member offices permitted to have clearances: Excludes House Member office employees who already held a valid security clearance before joining the office from the count toward any House limit on the number of cleared employees.
Sec. 1802: Exercise of rulemaking authority: Enacts Title XVIII as an exercise of the House of Representatives' rulemaking power, making it part of the House rules, and acknowledges the House's right to change those rules.
Sec. 1909: Independent study on media literacy and online political content consumption: Requires the Federal Election Commission to commission an independent study and report on media literacy and online political content consumption among voting-age Americans, with a report to Congress.
Sec. 2001: 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, with civil remedies and criminal penalties up to $100,000 and 5 years.
Sec. 2102: Assistance for transition to ranked choice voting: Creates an Election Assistance Commission program of technical assistance and grants to States and local governments for transition to ranked choice voting, and authorizes $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. ($40,000,000)
Sec. 2202: Prohibition on use of Federal property for political conventions: Bars national party presidential nominating conventions from being held on Federal property, with a civil penalty of the convention's fair market cost or $50,000, whichever is greater, or imprisonment up to five years; the definition leaves out the second floor of the Executive Residence.
Sec. 2203: Improving access to influential visitor access records: Requires the President to maintain a public, searchable database of visitor records for the White House, the Vice President's residence, and other locations where official business is regularly conducted, updated every 90 days, with listed exceptions.
Sec. 2301: Limitations on exception of competitive service positions: Allows a competitive service position to be excepted from the competitive service only if placed in schedules A through E as in effect on September 30, 2020, under the terms of part 6 of title 5 CFR as then in effect.

Exception or delay for a subset (4)

Sec. 531: Improving checks and balances on the use of the National Emergencies Act: Adds a section under which national emergencies that invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, with certain supplementing laws, continue under the National Emergencies Act as it was before this Act, unless other emergency powers are also invoked.
Sec. 731: Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget: Adds the Office of Management and Budget to the Inspector General Act, limits its Inspector General's jurisdiction to matters specifically assigned to the Office under law, and requires an appointment within 120 days of enactment.
Sec. 1013: Waiver: Lets the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Counsel to the President, grant a written waiver of ethics pledge restrictions to any current or former appointee, with the waiver made public within 10 days.
Sec. 803: Enhancement of whistleblower protections: Expands whistleblower protections, but excludes from the NOAA commissioned officer coverage any personnel action that already had a complaint filed under 10 U.S.C. 1034 and a final decision rendered.

What it does

Sec. 104: Declares a President's pardon of himself or herself void and of no effect.
Sec. 303: Makes it unlawful for a person holding an office of profit or trust under the United States to accept a present or emolument from a foreign government without the consent of Congress, and lets the House or Senate bring a civil action for violations.
Sec. 403: Lets the House, the Senate, or a committee or subcommittee bring a civil action in a United States district court against the recipient of a congressional subpoena to enforce compliance.
Sec. 531: Replaces the National Emergencies Act's declaration and renewal rules so that an emergency declaration ends after 20 session or legislative days unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and ends automatically 5 years after declaration.
Sec. 603: Requires the Attorney General to maintain a log of covered communications between the Department of Justice and the Executive Office of the President about investigations and litigation.
Sec. 702: Limits the grounds on which the President may remove an Inspector General to nine listed grounds, each of which must be documented.
Sec. 1201: Requires each candidate of a major party for President or Vice President to submit income tax returns for the 10 most recent taxable years to the Federal Election Commission, which makes them publicly available.
Sec. 1301: Requires political committees to notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Election Commission within 1 week of a reportable foreign contact.
Sec. 2001: Bars distribution, within 60 days of a federal election, of materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate made with actual malice, unless the media carries a stated disclosure that it has been manipulated.
Sec. 2102: Directs the Election Assistance Commission to provide technical assistance and grants for transitions to ranked choice voting, and authorizes $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.

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.