,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cehh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #aa1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,tillis 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,vance1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4   
,budd1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 and ,mr4 ,mullin7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help        
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb to prohibit
 ,federal funds for election            
administration for ,states misusing the 
,fourteenth ,amendment for political    
purposes1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,constitutional ,election ,integrity
 ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,federal    
funds for election administration for   
,states misusing the ,fourteenth        
,amendment for political purposes  7a7  
,in general ,the ,help ,america ,vote   
,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjija et  
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new section3  #ija4       

,prohibition on ,federal funds for      
election administration for ,states     
misusing the ,fourteenth ,amendment for 
political purposes ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law1 no ,federal     
funds may be used to administer any     
election for ,federal office in a ,state
 where the chief executive or any       
elected or appointed executive officials
 prohibit1 by executive order1 decree1  
or other unilateral mechanism1 that a   
candidate for the ,office of ,president 
of the ,united ,states who is otherwise 
eligible from appearing on the ballot   
for such ,office using section #c of the
 ,fourteenth ,amendment to the          
,constitution of the ,united ,states4  4
  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of 
contents of such ,act is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
item3  ,sec4 #ija4 ,prohibition on      
,federal funds for election             
administration for ,states misusing the 
,fourteenth ,amendment for political    
purposes4  4  #c4 ,jurisdiction  7a7 ,in

 general ,the ,federal district courts  
shall have original and exclusive       
jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes or  
questions of ballot eligibility for     
candidates for the ,office of ,president
 of the ,united ,states arising under   
section #c of the ,fourteenth ,amendment
 to the ,constitution of the ,united    
,states4  7b7 ,limitation ,no officer or
 court of any ,state or territory shall 
have authority to adjudicate disputes or
 questions of ballot eligibility for    
candidates for the ,office of ,president
 of the ,united ,states arising under   
section #c of the ,fourteenth ,amendment
 to the ,constitution of the ,united    
,states4  7c7 #c-;,judge court ,a       
,federal district court of #c judges    
shall be convened when an action is     
filed in ,federal district court        
challenging the ballot eligibility of a 
candidate for the ,office of ,president 
of the ,united ,states arising under    
section #c of the ,fourteenth ,amendment
 to the ,constitution of the ,united    

,states4 ,the #c-;judge panel shall make
 findings of fact1 which shall be       
transmitted to the ,supreme ,court of   
the ,united ,states4 ,upon receipt of   
these findings of fact1 the ,supreme    
,court shall consider the matter on an  
expedited basis before issuing a ruling 
on the findings of law4 ,the ,supreme   
,court may consider the findings of fact
 on a de novo basis4  7d7 ,composition  
and procedure ,any action under         
subsection 7c7 shall be heard pursuant  
to section #bbhd of title #bh1 ,united  
,states ,code4