‘‘(A) no individual who participates in con-
ducting the audit is an employee or contractor 
of an office of the State or local government 
which is responsible for the administration of 
elections for Federal office or of a subsidiary or 
affiliate of such an office; or 
‘‘(B) the audit includes an examination of 
compliance with established processes for voter 
registration, voter check-in, voting, tabulation, 
canvassing, post-election proceedings (such as 
recounts and recanvasses), and reporting of re-
sults.’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TIMING OF AU-
DITS.—It is the sense of Congress that post-election audits 
of the effectiveness and accuracy of the voting systems, 
election procedures, and outcomes used to carry out an 
election for Federal office in a State and the performance 
of the State and local election officials who carried out 
the election are most effective when the audits are com-
pleted before the expiration of the period during which 
persons are authorized under State law to challenge the 
results of the election. 
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SEC. 128. INCREASE IN THRESHOLD FOR REQUIRING IN-
FORMATION REPORTING WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN PAYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 6041(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$600’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 6041 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(h) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of any 
calendar year after 2024, the dollar amount in subsection 
(a) shall be increased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2023’ for ‘cal-
endar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. 
If any increase under the preceding sentence is not a mul-
tiple of $100, such increase shall be rounded to the nearest 
multiple of $100.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION TO REPORTING ON REMUNERATION 
FOR SERVICES AND DIRECT SALES.—Section 6041A of 
such Code is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘is $600 or 
more’’ and inserting ‘‘equals or exceeds the dollar 
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amount in effect for such calendar year under sec-
tion 6041(a)’’, and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘is 
$5,000 or more’’ and inserting ‘‘equals or exceeds 
the dollar amount in effect for such calendar year 
under section 6041(a)’’. 
(d) APPLICATION TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING.—Sec-
tion 3406(b)(6) of such Code is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$600’’ in subparagraph (A) 
and inserting ‘‘the dollar amount in effect for such 
calendar year under section 6041(a)’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘ONLY WHERE AGGREGATE FOR 
CALENDAR YEAR IS $600 OR MORE’’ in the heading 
and inserting ‘‘ONLY IF IN EXCESS OF THRESHOLD’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading of section 6041(a) of such 
Code is amended by striking ‘‘OF $600 OR MORE’’ 
and inserting ‘‘EXCEEDING THRESHOLD’’. 
(2) Section 6041(a) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘taxable year’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar 
year’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to payments made 
after December 31, 2023. 
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SEC. 129. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO NON-
VOTING ELECTION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Protect American Voters Act’’. 
(b) ADOPTION
OF
VOLUNTARY
GUIDELINES
BY 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.— 
(1) ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES.—Title II of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20921 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Voluntary Guidelines 
for Use of Nonvoting Election 
Technology 
‘‘SEC. 298. ADOPTION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES BY COM-
MISSION. 
‘‘(a) ADOPTION.—The Commission shall adopt vol-
untary guidelines for election officials on the use of non-
voting election technology, taking into account the rec-
ommendations of the Standards Board and the Local 
Leadership Council of the Commission under section 
298A. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW.—The Commission shall review the 
guidelines adopted under this subtitle not less frequently 
than once every 4 years, and may adopt revisions to the 
guidelines as it considers appropriate. 
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‘‘(c) PROCESS FOR ADOPTION.—The adoption of the 
voluntary guidelines under this subtitle shall be carried 
out by the Commission in a manner that provides for each 
of the following: 
‘‘(1) Publication of notice of the proposed 
guidelines in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(2) An opportunity for public comment on the 
proposed guidelines. 
‘‘(3) An opportunity for a public hearing on the 
record. 
‘‘(4) Publication of the final recommendations 
in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(d) DEADLINE FOR INITIAL SET OF GUIDELINES.— 
The Commission shall adopt the initial set of voluntary 
guidelines under this section not later than December 31, 
2025. 
‘‘SEC. 298A. ROLE OF STANDARDS BOARD AND LOCAL LEAD-
ERSHIP COUNCIL. 
‘‘(a) DUTIES.—The Standards Board and the Local 
Leadership Council of the Commission shall assist the 
Commission in the adoption of voluntary guidelines under 
section 298, including by providing the Commission with 
recommendations on appropriate standards for the use of 
nonvoting election technology, including standards to en-
sure the security and accuracy, and promote the usability, 
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of such technology, and by conducting a review of existing 
State programs with respect to the testing of nonvoting 
election technology. 
‘‘(b) SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) CERTAIN MEMBERS OF TECHNICAL GUIDE-
LINES
DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE.—The following 
members of the Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee under section 221 shall assist the Stand-
ards Board and the Local Leadership Council in car-
rying out their duties under this section: 
‘‘(A) The Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology. 
‘‘(B) The representative of the American 
National Standards Institute. 
‘‘(C) The representative of the Institute of 
Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 
‘‘(D) The 4 members of the Technical 
Guidelines Development Committee appointed 
under subsection (c)(1)(E) of such section as 
the other individuals with technical and sci-
entific expertise relating to voting systems and 
voting equipment. 
‘‘(2) DETAILEE
FROM
CISA.—The Executive 
Board of the Standards Board may request the Di-
rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
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rity Agency of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to provide a detailee to assist the Standards 
Board in carrying out its duties under this section, 
so long as such detailee has no involvement in the 
drafting of any of the voluntary guidelines. 
‘‘SEC. 298B. USE OF PAYMENTS TO OBTAIN OR UPGRADE 
TECHNOLOGY. 
‘‘A State may use funds provided under any law for 
activities to improve the administration of elections for 
Federal office, including to enhance election technology 
and make election security improvements, to obtain non-
voting election technology which is in compliance with the 
voluntary guidelines adopted under section 298 or to up-
grade nonvoting election technology so that the technology 
is in compliance with such guidelines, and may, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, use any unobligated 
grant funding provided to the State by the Election Assist-
ance Commission from amounts appropriated under the 
heading 
‘Independent 
Agencies—Election 
Assistance 
Commission—Election Security Grants’ in title V of divi-
sion C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–93) for the purposes of enhancing election 
technology and making election security improvements 
until December 31, 2024. 
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‘‘SEC. 298C. NONVOTING ELECTION TECHNOLOGY DEFINED. 
‘‘In this subtitle, the term ‘nonvoting election tech-
nology’ means technology used in the administration of 
elections for Federal office which is not used directly in 
the casting, counting, tabulating, or collecting of ballots 
or votes, including each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Electronic pollbooks or other systems used 
to check in voters at a polling place or verify a vot-
er’s identification. 
‘‘(2) Election result reporting systems. 
‘‘(3) Electronic ballot delivery systems. 
‘‘(4) Online voter registration systems. 
‘‘(5) Polling place location search systems. 
‘‘(6) Sample ballot portals. 
‘‘(7) Signature systems. 
‘‘(8) Such other technology as may be rec-
ommended for treatment as nonvoting election tech-
nology as the Standards Board may recommend.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to title II the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Voluntary Guidelines for Use of Nonvoting Election Technology 
‘‘Sec. 298. Adoption of voluntary guidelines by Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 298A. Role of Standards Board and Local Leadership Council. 
‘‘Sec. 298B. Use of payments to obtain or upgrade technology. 
‘‘Sec. 298C. Nonvoting election technology defined.’’. 
(c) TREATMENT OF TECHNOLOGY USED IN MOST 
RECENT ELECTION.—Any nonvoting election technology, 
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as defined in section 298C of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (as added by subsection (a)(1)), which a State 
used in the most recent election for Federal office held 
in the State prior to the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed to be in compliance with the voluntary 
guidelines on the use of such technology which are adopted 
by the Election Assistance Commission under section 298 
of such Act (as added by subsection (a)(1)). 
SEC. 130. STATUS REPORTS BY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY. 
Section 231 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 20971) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) STATUS REPORTS BY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 60 days 
after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with 2025), 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology shall submit to Congress a status report de-
scribing— 
‘‘(1) the extent to which the Director carried 
out the Director’s responsibilities under this Act 
during the fiscal year, including the responsibilities 
imposed under this section and the responsibilities 
imposed with respect to the Technical Guidelines 
Development Committee under section 222, together 
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with the Director’s best estimate of when the Direc-
tor will completely carry out any responsibility which 
was not carried out completely during the fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(2) the extent to which the Director carried 
out any projects requested by the Commission dur-
ing the fiscal year, together with the Director’s best 
estimate of when the Director will complete any such 
project which the Director did not complete during 
the fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 131. 501(c)(3) ORGANIZATIONS PROHIBITED FROM 
PROVIDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT FUNDING 
FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘End Zuckerbucks Act of 2023’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and which does not partici-
pate’’ and inserting ‘‘which does not participate’’, 
and 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘and which does not provide direct funding to 
any State or unit of local government for the pur-
pose of the administration of elections for public of-
fice or any funding to any State or unit of local gov-
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ernment in a case in which it is reasonable to expect 
such funding will be used for the purpose of the ad-
ministration of elections for public office (except 
with respect to the donation of space to a State or 
unit of local government to be used as a polling 
place in an election for public office).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to funding provided in taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2025. 
SEC. 132. FEDERAL AGENCY INVOLVEMENT IN VOTER REG-
ISTRATION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act of 2023’’. 
(b) 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. 
(c) 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 
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