,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #b1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,budd 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lee1
 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 ,mrs4      
,fischer1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 and ,mrs4     
,blackburn7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 agencies of the government from        
soliciting or entering into agreements  
with nongovernmental organizations to   
conduct voter registration or voter     
mobilization activities on the property 
or website of the agency or from using  
,federal funds to carry out activities  
directed under ,executive ,order #adjai1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,promoting ,free and ,fair ,elections   
,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting promotion of    
voter registration by agencies  7a7     
,agreements with nongovernmental        
organizations ,none of the funds made   

available for the salaries and expenses 
of an agency may be used to solicit or  
enter into an agreement with a          
nongovernmental organization to conduct 
voter registration or voter mobilization
 activities1 including registering      
voters or providing any person with     
voter registration materials1 absentee  
or vote-by-mail ballot applications1    
voting instructions1 or                 
candidate-related information1 on the   
property or website of the agency4  7b7 
,activities under ,executive ,order     
#adjai  7#a7 ,delay in implementation   
7,a7 ,delay ,except as provided in      
subparagraph 7,b71 none of the funds    
made available for the salaries and     
expenses of an agency may be used to    
implement activities directed under     
,executive ,order #adjai 7#hf ,fed4     
,reg4 #acfbc7 until-- 7i7 in the case of
 an agency that is required to submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional 
committees under paragraph 7#b77;,a71   
#ahj days after the agency submits the  

report2 or  7ii7 in the case of an      
agency that is required to submit a     
report to the appropriate congressional 
committees under paragraph 7#b77;,b71   
the date on which the agency submits the
 report4  7,b7 ,exception ,subparagraph 
7,a7 shall not apply to any activity    
described in section #g7;c7 of the      
,national ,voter ,registration ,act of  
#aiic 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejf7;c774  7#b7 
,report ,not later than #cj days after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
head of each agency shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees--  
7,a7 a copy of the strategic plan of the
 agency for promoting voter registration
 and voter participation under section  
#c7;b7 of ,executive ,order #adjai 7#hf 
,fed4 ,reg4 #acfbc7 that the agency     
developed or submitted to the ,assistant
 to the ,president for ,domestic        
,policy2 or  7,b7 if the agency did not 
develop or submit a plan described in   
subparagraph 7,a7 to the ,assistant to  
the ,president for ,domestic ,policy1 a 

certification signed by the head of the 
agency that the agency did not develop  
or submit such a plan4  7c7 ,effective  
date ,except as provided in subsection  
7b77#b71 this section shall apply with  
respect to fiscal year #bjbc and each   
succeeding fiscal year4  #c4 ,additional
 report on voter registration and       
mobilization ,not later than #cj days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the head of each agency shall     
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report describing the      
activities carried out by the agency    
pursuant to sections #c and #d of       
,executive ,order #adjai 7#hf ,fed4     
,reg4 #acfbc74  #d4 ,prohibiting voter  
registration and mobilization in        
,federal work-study programs ,section   
#ddc7;b77#a7 of the ,higher ,education  
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajhg-ec7;b77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking and2     
7#b7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,d7 
as subparagraph 7,e72 and  7#c7 by      

inserting after subparagraph 7,c7 the   
following3  7,d7 does not involve       
registering or mobilizing voters on or  
off the campus of the institution2 and  
4  #e4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given the term in section #cejb7a7 of  
title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 except
 that for purposes of section #b7;b7 of 
this ,act such term does not include an 
independent regulatory agency as defined
 in section #cejb7e7 of title #dd1      
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7            
,appropriate congressional committees   
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,rules and ,administration of the    
,senate2  7,b7 the ,committee on        
,judiciary of the ,senate2  7,c7 the    
,committee on ,house ,administration of 
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7,d7 the ,committee on ,judiciary of the
 ,house of ,representatives4