SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Free and 
Fair Elections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PROMOTION OF VOTER REGISTRA-
TION BY AGENCIES. 
(a) 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. 
(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14019.— 
(1) DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(A) DELAY.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), none of the funds made avail-
able for the salaries and expenses of an agency 
may be used to implement activities directed 
under Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 
13623) until— 
(i) in the case of an agency that is re-
quired to submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees under 
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paragraph (2)(A), 180 days after the agen-
cy submits the report; or 
(ii) in the case of an agency that is 
required to submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees under 
paragraph (2)(B), the date on which the 
agency submits the report. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 
not apply to any activity described in section 
7(c) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (52 U.S.C. 20506(c)). 
(2) REPORT.—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) a copy of the strategic plan of the 
agency for promoting voter registration and 
voter participation under section 3(b) of Execu-
tive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 13623) that 
the agency developed or submitted to the As-
sistant to the President for Domestic Policy; or 
(B) if the agency did not develop or submit 
a plan described in subparagraph (A) to the As-
sistant to the President for Domestic Policy, a 
certification signed by the head of the agency 
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that the agency did not develop or submit such 
a plan. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b)(2), this section shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REPORT ON VOTER REGISTRATION 
AND MOBILIZATION. 
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 sec-
tions 3 and 4 of Executive Order 14019 (86 Fed. Reg. 
13623). 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITING VOTER REGISTRATION AND MOBILI-
ZATION 
IN 
FEDERAL 
WORK-STUDY 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 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: 
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‘‘(D) does not involve registering or mobi-
lizing voters on or off the campus of the institu-
tion; and’’. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3502(1) of title 
44, United States Code, except that for purposes of 
section 2(b) of this Act such term does not include 
an independent regulatory agency as defined in sec-
tion 3502(5) 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 
(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
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