A bill to prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-12
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-01-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

State and local government operations

Voting rights
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to allow an individual who is not a U.S. citizen to vote in any election in the District of Columbia (DC). Further, DC must certify that it does not allow noncitizens to vote in elections as a condition of receiving any federal funds.</p> <p>Federal law bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections; however, the DC Council passed a bill on October 18, 2022, that allows noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 12 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2023 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Daines , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Vance , Mr. Kennedy , and Mr. Hawley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on Federal funds (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds made available to the District of Columbia may be used to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election. (b) Certification Upon application for, approval for, or receipt of any Federal funds, the government of the District of Columbia shall certify that the government does not permit individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election. (c) Application The requirements under this section shall apply with respect to any Federal funds applied for, approved for, received by, or made available to the District of Columbia on or after the date on which this bill is introduced in the Senate.