HR7389-118

Introduced

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 15, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, Civil Rights.

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 HBE4A9E73186D41588F36098C130DC3E1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Accessible Voting Act of 2024. The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
  • Section HC96C980ED8AE466C9682FB3E8545ED91: 2. Findings; purpose Congress finds the following: Since its founding, America has steadily worked to ensure the right to vote for all through State law,...
  • Section H81DA7856E7B14CEFA785E275F3909C48: 101. Establishment of the Election Assistance Commission Office of Accessibility Subtitle A of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20921)...
  • Section HFF59A7FD2C1F4D5C98D34683F262D981: 223. Election Assistance Commission Office of Accessibility There is hereby established the Election Assistance Commission Office of Accessibility (hereinafter...
  • Section H3C9827DA990948B2B2F519FBA76C851C: 102. National Resource Center on Accessible Voting Part 4 of subtitle A of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 101, is amended...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Technology, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Technology Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 15, 2024

Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, and Mr. …

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
Government Operations Technology Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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