Election Fraud Prevention Act
Latest action · Sep 17, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 17, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Election Fraud Prevention Act
This bill requires each state, in order to receive certain election assistance funds, to prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 17, 2020 to Oct 20, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Sep 17, 2020 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| R-VA | Denver Riggleman | Oct 9, 2020 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Oct 9, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | Oct 16, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Oct 16, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Mark Walker | Oct 20, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Sep 17, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 17, 2020Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 161, September 17, 2020, page H4542.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4736 | Honest Elections Act | Related bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
| HR 6882 | Election Fraud Prevention Act | Related bill | May 15, 2020 |
| HR 7905 | EASE Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit payments under such Act to States which permit ballot harvesting, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Election Fraud Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
