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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6493 
To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter registration activities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2023 
Ms. HAGEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on 
the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the involvement of Federal agencies in voter 
registration activities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Free and 
Fair Elections Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL AGENCY INVOLVEMENT IN VOTER REG-
ISTRATION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF FEDERAL AGENCY INVOLVE-
MENT IN VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES.—Executive 
Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623; relating to promoting 
access to voting) shall have no force or effect, and any 
contract or arrangement entered into by an agency to 
carry out activities pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of such 
Executive order shall be abrogated. 
(b) AGREEMENTS WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS.—None of the funds made available for the sal-
aries and expenses of an agency may be used to solicit 
or enter into an agreement with a nongovernmental orga-
nization to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization 
activities, including registering voters or providing any 
person with voter registration materials, absentee or vote- 
by-mail ballot applications, voting instructions, or can-
didate-related information, on the property or website of 
the agency. 
(c) REPORT ON PRIOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND 
MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each agency 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report describing the activities carried out by the agency 
pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of Executive Order 14019 
(86 Fed. Reg. 13623). 
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(d) PROHIBITING VOTER REGISTRATION AND MOBI-
LIZATION IN FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 443(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087–53(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) does not involve registering or mobi-
lizing voters on or off the campus of the institu-
tion; and’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3502(1) of title 
44, United States Code. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(C) the Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House of Representatives; and 
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(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
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