Sustaining Our Democracy Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill provides democracy Advancement and Innovation Program, provides state democracy promotion plan requirements, and provides state restrictions on election activities funding prohibition. It relies on appropriations and definition changes. The main policy areas are Government Operations, Civil Rights, and Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
States could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
States receiving funds under the Program would take on compliance duties and States could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Provides democracy Advancement and Innovation Program.
- Provides state democracy promotion plan requirements.
- Provides state restrictions on election activities funding prohibition.
- Defines state allocation formula adjustment.
- Establishes Office of Democracy Advancement and Innovation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill provides democracy Advancement and Innovation Program, provides state democracy promotion plan requirements, and provides state restrictions on election activities funding prohibition.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Civil Rights, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
The bill provides democracy Advancement and Innovation Program, provides state democracy promotion plan requirements, and provides state restrictions on election activities funding prohibition.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- States
Identified Costs
- States receiving funds under the Program
- States
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Padilla (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schiff, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
States, States receiving funds under the Program
Positive-direction: States
Negative-direction: States receiving funds under the Program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Director of the Office. The term Indian lands includes— Indian country, as defined under section 1151 of title 18, United States Code
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