I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8461 
To prohibit agencies of the government from soliciting or entering into agree-
ments with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter registration 
or voter mobilization activities on the property or website of the agency 
or from using Federal funds to carry out activities directed under Execu-
tive Order 14019, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2022 
Mr. BUDD (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. JACKSON, Mrs. 
GREENE of Georgia, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. FITZGERALD, and Mr. 
MOONEY) 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 Reform, and Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit agencies of the government from soliciting or 
entering into agreements with nongovernmental organiza-
tions to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization 
activities on the property or website of the agency or 
from using Federal funds to carry out activities directed 
under Executive Order 14019, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 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 Federal Reg-
ister 13623) until— 
(i) in the case of an agency which is 
required to submit a report to Congress 
under paragraph (2)(A), 180 days after 
the agency submits the report; or 
(ii) in the case of an agency which is 
required to submit a report to Congress 
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under paragraph (2)(B), the date on which 
the agency submits the report. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) does 
not apply to activities 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 the enactment of this Act, the head of an 
agency shall submit to Congress— 
(A) a copy of the strategic plan for pro-
moting voter registration and voter participa-
tion under section 3(b) of Executive Order 
14019 (86 Federal Register 13623) which the 
agency developed or submitted to the Assistant 
to the President for Domestic Policy; or 
(B) if the agency did not develop or submit 
such a plan to the Assistant to the President 
for Domestic Policy, a certification signed by 
the head of the agency 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. 
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SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REPORT ON VOTER REGISTRATION 
AND MOBILIZATION. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the head of an agency shall submit to 
Congress a report describing the activities carried out by 
the agency pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of Executive 
Order 14019 (86 Federal Register 13623). 
SEC. 4. AGENCY DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3502(1) of title 44, United States 
Code, except that for purposes of section 2(b) such term 
does not include an independent regulatory agency as de-
fined in section 3502(5) of such title. 
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