Eliminating Foreign Intervention in Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-151
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Citizenship and naturalization

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Government information and archives

Immigration status and procedures

State and local government operations

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><STRONG>Eliminating Foreign Intervention in Elections Act</STRONG></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to make payments to local governments that permit noncitizens to vote in state or local elections.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 151 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Norman , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mrs. Lesko , Mr. Posey , Mr. Meadows , and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To prohibit Federal payments to a unit of local government that allows individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for State or local office, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Foreign Intervention in Elections Act . 2. Federal payment restriction (a) In general None of the funds made available in any Act may be used to make payments to any unit of local government that permits individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for State or local office. (b) Publication of information by Census required The Bureau of the Census shall collect and publish information on any State or local government that allows non-citizens to vote. (c) Applicability The requirements of this section shall only apply with respect to any contract entered into or grant made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.