To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Civil Rights, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HFAB8BCB0735647019F4FBB9D65086903: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Confidence in Elections Act or the ACE Act.
- Section H907496D5BA8541D0A39EF7E38671ECEF: 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
- Section HC0352AF95297453C818C5139A29E5233: 3. General findings Congress finds the following: According to Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States, the States have the primary role...
- Section H1069DA3B312E4FFD8B80C7A8720E9530: 101. Findings Relating to State Administration of Federal Elections It is the sense of Congress that constitutional scholar Robert Natelson has done invaluable...
- Section H13DF843EF75D46B98D3D9700EC1899B3: 111. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the Voluntarily Offered Tools for Election Reforms by States Act or the VOTERS Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Civil Rights, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equipping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary considerations to support effective State administration of Federal elections, improving election administration in the District of Columbia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, enhancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mr. James, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Luttrell, …
Reported from the Committee on House Administration with an amendment
Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and …
Mr. Steil (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Wittman, …
Mr. Steil (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Wittman, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of Homeland Security
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