,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjbj,mr4  
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois 7for        
himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,carthy1 ,mr4 ,scalise1
 ,mr4 ,nunes1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4       
,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4      
,cook1 ,mr4 ,walker1 and ,mr4           
,loudermilk7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help ,america   
,vote ,act of #bjjb to prohibit payments
 under such ,act to ,states which permit
 ballot harvesting1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,election ,fraud    
,prevention ,act4  #b4 ,findings        
,congress finds that-- 7#a7 the right to
 vote is a fundamental right of citizens
 of the ,united ,states2  7#b7 it is the
 responsibility of the ,state and       
,federal ,governments to ensure that    
elections are conducted with integrity2 
7#c7 the ,committee on ,house           

,administration of the ,house of        
,representatives1 which is charged with 
investigating election irregularities1  
received reports through its official   
,election ,observer ,program for the    
#bjah general election that individuals 
other than voters themselves were       
depositing large amounts of absentee    
ballots at polling places throughout    
,california1 a practice colloquially    
known as 8ballot harvesting02  7#d7 the 
practice of ballot harvesting in        
,california creates significant         
vulnerabilities in the chain-of-custody 
of ballots because individuals          
collecting ballots are not required to  
be registered voters and are not        
required to identify themselves at a    
voter's home1 and the ,state does not   
track how many ballots are harvested in 
an election2  7#e7 in ,north ,carolina1 
a congressional election was invalidated
 due to fraud associated with ballot    
harvesting committed by a political     
operative1 and it is unlikely such      

activity would have been detected were  
it not for the prohibition against      
ballot harvesting in the ,state2 and    
7#f7 ballot harvesting invites          
electioneering activity at home and     
creates the possibility of undue        
influence over voters by political      
operatives4  #c4 ,prohibition on        
payments to ,states allowing collection 
and transmission of ballots by certain  
third parties  7a7 ,in general ,subtitle
 ,d of title ,,ii of the ,help ,america 
,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4      
#bajja et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new part3  #g     
,prohibition on payments to ,states     
allowing collection and transmission of 
ballots by certain third parties  #big4 
,eligibility for payments of ,states    
allowing collection and transmission of 
ballots by certain third parties  7a7   
,in general ,a ,state is not eligible to
 receive funds under this ,act unless   
the ,state has in effect a law that     
prohibits an individual from the knowing

 collection and transmission of a ballot
 in an election for ,federal office that
 was mailed to another person1 other    
than an individual described as follows3
 7#a7 ,an election official while       
engaged in official duties as authorized
 by law4  7#b7 ,an employee of the      
,united ,states ,postal ,service while  
engaged in official duties as authorized
 by law4  7#c7 ,any other individual who
 is allowed by law to collect and       
transmit ,united ,states mail1 while    
engaged in official duties as authorized
 by law4  7#d7 ,a family member1        
household member1 or caregiver of the   
person to whom the ballot was mailed4   
7b7 ,definitions ,for purposes of this  
section1 with respect to a person to    
whom the ballot was mailed3 7#a7 ,the   
term caregiver means an individual who  
provides medical or health care         
assistance to such person in a          
residence1 nursing care institution1    
hospice facility1 assisted living       
center1 assisted living facility1       

assisted living home1 residential care  
institution1 adult day health care      
facility1 or adult foster care home4    
7#b7 ,the term family member means an   
individual who is related to such person
 by blood1 marriage1 adoption or legal  
guardianship4  7#c7 ,the term household 
member means an individual who resides  
at the same residence as such person4  4
  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of 
contents of such ,act is amended by     
inserting after the item relating to    
section #bif the following new item3    
,part #g--,prohibition on payments to   
,states allowing collection and         
transmission of ballots by certain third
 parties ,sec4 #big4 ,eligibility for   
payments of ,states allowing collection 
and transmission of ballots by certain  
third parties4  4