No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act

Bill: 119-hr-882
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-31
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Employee hiring

Foreign labor

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits states and local jurisdictions from hiring noncitizens to administer federal elections.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 882 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2025 Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Arrington , Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona , Mr. Timmons , Ms. Boebert , Ms. Tenney , and Mr. Guest ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To prohibit the hiring of individuals who are not citizens of the United States to administer an election for Federal office in a State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act . 2. Requirements with respect to hiring of election administrators for an election for Federal office (a) In general A State or local jurisdiction may not hire an individual who is not a citizen of the United States to administer an election for Federal office in the State or local jurisdiction. (b) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to any election for Federal office held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.