Anti-Voter Suppression Act

Bill: 115-hr-3214
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
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: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3214 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 12, 2017 Mr. Richmond (for himself, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Ms. Norton , Ms. Maxine Waters of California , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Clyburn , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas , Mr. Rush , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Lee , Mr. Clay , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Al Green of Texas , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Ms. Fudge , Ms. Bass , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Payne , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mrs. Lawrence , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Evans , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. McEachin , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Meng , Mr. Pallone , Ms. Hanabusa , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Barragán , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mr. Polis , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Soto , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Nadler , and Mrs. Torres ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 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.