To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require information on the national debt to be included on ballots in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-9504
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lopez, Greg [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2024-09-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9504 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2024 Mr. Lopez 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 require information on the national debt to be included on ballots in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

1. Inclusion of information on national debt on ballots in Federal elections (a) Requirement Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 303 the following new section: 303A. Inclusion of information on national debt on ballots (a) Requirement Each State shall ensure that a ballot used in an election for Federal office in the State includes a separate statement of the total gross Federal debt, as calculated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for each of the 3 most recent fiscal years ending before the date of the election. (b) Effective date Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to each election for Federal office held on or after the date of the enactment of this section. . (b) Conforming amendment relating to enforcement Section 401 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21111 ) is amended by striking and 303 and inserting 303, and 303A . (c) Clerical amendment The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following: Sec. 303A. Inclusion of information on national debt on ballots. .