HR738-119

Introduced

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections.

119th Congress Introduced Jan 24, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Healthcare, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities 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, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA2C19B4AFAD5466F942B346D1F94C377: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Universal Right To Vote by Mail Act of 2025.
  • Section HCC5C0FBC07E94B41BDEB0D910DA92FD7: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: An inequity of voting rights exists in the United States because voters in some States have the universal right to...
  • Section H7B561223EAC54886ADABE7119F241444: 3. Promoting ability of voters to vote by mail in Federal elections Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is...
  • Section HD54DAC6C5EDB425BB485BE28F11D7099: 303A. Promoting ability of voters to vote by mail If an individual in a State is eligible to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, the State may not...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Key Policy Areas

Civil Rights, Healthcare, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Policy Domains

Civil Rights Healthcare Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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federal implementing agencies: ,
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 24, 2025

Ms. Salinas (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Vargas, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Civil Rights Healthcare Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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