S4203-119

In Committee

Voter Empowerment Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Mar 25, 2026

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, Voter Empowerment Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Healthcare, Education.

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 S1: 1. Short title; statement of policy This Act may be cited as the Voter Empowerment Act of 2026. It is the policy of the United States that— the ability of all...
  • Section id84AB6C480B854569A5F8E9A279F9CDA6: 2. Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
  • Section H4A3E7D77E4EB4C2991D055C1BE26183F: 100. Short title This title may be cited as the Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2026.
  • Section H165D2A40F7EA4ED1AECA49847A287364: 101. Requiring availability of internet for voter registration The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.) is amended by inserting...
  • Section HB5ECCEECEEC248BC9AD1DD9A7FD9FC9D: 6A. Internet Registration Each State, acting through the chief State election official, shall ensure that the following services are available to the public at...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Voter Empowerment Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Healthcare, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, Voter Empowerment Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Healthcare Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
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  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and …

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 25, 2026

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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 Healthcare Education
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

8 terms
"unverified match list" §H4203F5B3AADE41F6AB9FE659CFB4A9BF

a list produced by matching the information of registered voters or applicants for voter registration to a list of individuals who are ineligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdiction, by virtue of death, conviction, change of address, or otherwise

"probation" §H53F7FD2A14554E8FB38F7BE338443BF1

probation, imposed by a Federal, State, or local court, with or without a condition on the individual involved concerning— the individual’s freedom of movement

"interstate cross-check" §H5BDE641880A44D71A491EBC886254984

the transmission of information from an election official in one State to an election official of another State

"unverified match list" §HED3BB9F4834743A68797E467AE98F3EC

a list produced by matching the information of registered voters or applicants for voter registration to a list of individuals who are ineligible to vote in the registrar’s jurisdiction, by virtue of death, conviction, change of address, or otherwise

"covered institution of higher education" §id4bc984e2bcd44d67b45c0ae22d769645

an institution of higher education that— has a program participation agreement in effect with the Secretary of Education under section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094)

"absentee ballot" §idA35E97DE71D64A4CB0303B25D2D77FF5

any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406

"absentee ballot" §idF484902FCFE74756B436A6EBC366223A

any ballot transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 3406

"absentee ballot means any ballot cast by any" §idb601ad80af5b4625b4a5332ee9c02862

other than in person and for which the State requires an application

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