I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4415 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit collection and 
transmission of ballots by certain third parties in District of Columbia 
elections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2023 
Mr. GROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit 
collection and transmission of ballots by certain third 
parties in District of Columbia elections, 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 ‘‘American Confidence 
in Elections: District of Columbia Election Fraud Preven-
tion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION WITH 
RESPECT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELEC-
TIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Title III of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. BAN ON COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF 
BALLOTS BY CERTAIN THIRD PARTIES IN A 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The District of Columbia may 
not permit an individual to knowingly collect and transmit 
a ballot in a District of Columbia election that was mailed 
to another person, other than an individual described as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) An election official while engaged in offi-
cial duties as authorized by law. 
‘‘(2) An employee of the United States Postal 
Service or other commercial common carrier engaged 
in similar activities while engaged in duties author-
ized by law. 
‘‘(3) Any other individual who is allowed by law 
to collect and transmit United States mail, while en-
gaged in official duties as authorized by law. 
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‘‘(4) A family member, household member, or 
caregiver of the person to whom the ballot was 
mailed. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) With respect to a person to whom the bal-
lot was mailed— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘caregiver’ means an indi-
vidual who provides medical or health care as-
sistance to such person in a residence, nursing 
care institution, hospice facility, assisted living 
center, assisted living facility, assisted living 
home, residential care institution, adult day 
health care facility, or adult foster care home; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘family member’ means an 
individual who is related to such person by 
blood, marriage, adoption or legal guardianship; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘household member’ means 
an individual who resides at the same residence 
as such person. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘District of Columbia election’ 
means any election for public office in the District 
of Columbia, including an election for Federal office, 
and any ballot initiative or referendum.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
303’’ and inserting ‘‘303, and 304’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 
306, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Ban on collection and transmission of ballots by certain third parties 
in a District of Columbia election.’’. 
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