HR9967-118

Introduced

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit States to use funds made available under such Act to improve the administration of elections for the physical security of polling places and poll workers.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 11, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit States to use funds made available under such Act to improve the administration of elections for the physical security of polling places and poll workers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators 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, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD980F0E76B4149BFB18370622C6E4C23: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Local workers Act or the POL Act.
  • Section HDE6FC756D5044F1BAE56232DEF911064: 2. Use of funds under HAVA for physical security of polling places and poll workers Section 101(b)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C....

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 permit States to use funds made available under such Act to improve the administration of elections for the physical security of polling places and poll workers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit States to use funds made available under such Act to improve the administration of elections for the physical security of polling places and poll workers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 11, 2024

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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