Anti-Voter Suppression Act

Bill: 115-s-1547
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-07-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Advisory bodies

Appropriations

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Anti-Voter Suppression Act</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies Executive Order 13799 (titled "Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity") and specifies that no funds shall be made available by any act of Congress to the commission described in the order or to any similar commission established for studying voter fraud.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1547 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 12, 2017 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Menendez , Ms. Harris , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Duckworth , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Markey , Mr. Reed , Mr. Franken , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Coons , Mr. Brown , Mr. Carper , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Casey , Ms. Hassan , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Udall , Ms. Warren , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Schatz , and Ms. Cantwell ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that establishes an election integrity commission, which will be used and is designed to support policies that will suppress the vote in minority and poor communities across the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Anti-Voter Suppression Act . 2. Nullification Executive Order 13799 (82 Fed. Reg. 22389; relating to Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity ) shall have no force or effect. 3. Prohibition on funds None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under an Act of Congress enacted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act may be made available for the commission established under the Executive order described in section 2 or for any similar commission established for the purpose of studying voter fraud.