Federal Election Audit Act
Latest action · Apr 17, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
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.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Election Audit Act
This bill allows states to use requirements payments from the Election Assistance Commission to conduct postelection audits. In particular, a state may use such a payment to conduct and publish an audit of (1) the effectiveness and accuracy of the voting systems, election procedures, and outcomes used to carry out a federal election in the state; and (2) the performance of the state and local election officials who carried out the election.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jul 11, 2023Markup Nov 30, 2023Reported Apr 17, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-465.
- Apr 17, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
- Nov 30, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 30, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 4.
- Jul 11, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 11, 2023Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 18, 2024H.R. 4555, Federal Election Audit ActAs reported by the House Committee on House Administration on April 17, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 118, July 11, 2023, page H3207.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 4460, H.R. 4396, H.R. 4316, H.R. 3162, H.R. 3229, H.R. 6513, H.R. 4555, AND H.R. 6493126 pages | Committee on House Administration | Nov 30, 2023 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46406 | Voter Registration: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress | Report | Oct 30, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4494 | Ensuring Faith in Our Elections Act | Related bill | Jul 6, 2023 |
| HR 4563 | ACE Act | Related bill | Jan 3, 2025 |
Titles 3
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 allow the use of requirements payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to an election for Federal office in a State.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Election Audit Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Federal Election Audit Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2024Reported in House
- Jul 11, 2023Introduced 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.
