,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #a      
7legislative day1 ,march #ca71 #bjbe,mr4
 ,padilla 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,wyden1    
,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,reed1   
,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4     
,welch1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mr4 ,merkley1   
,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to repeal an executive    
order relating to ,federal elections1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,defending ,america's ,future ,elections
 ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress makes   
the following findings3 7#a7 ,article   
#a1 section #d of the ,constitution of  
the ,united ,states clearly demonstrates
 the time1 place1 and manner of         
elections lie with ,congress and the    
,states1 not with the ,president4  7#b7 
,on ,may #bj1 #aiic1 ,president ,william

 ,j4 ,clinton signed the ,national      
,voter ,registration ,act of #aiic      
7,public ,law #ajc-ca71 which was passed
 with bipartisan support4  7#c7 ,the    
,national ,voter ,registration ,act of  
#aiic established certain voter         
registration requirements and does not  
require documentary proof of citizenship
 on the ,national ,mail ,voter          
,registration ,form4  7#d7 ,on ,october 
#bi1 #bjjb1 ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush
 signed the ,help ,america ,vote ,act of
 #bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-beb71 which   
was passed on an overwhelmingly         
bipartisan basis4  7#e7 ,the ,help      
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb established
 the ,election ,assistance ,commission1 
an independent and evenly divided       
bipartisan agency to assist ,states with
 new standards and improve election     
administration4  7#f7 ,executive ,order 
#adbdh 7#ij ,fed4 ,reg4 #adjje71 issued 
by ,president ,trump on ,march #be1     
#bjbe1 entitled ,preserving and         
,protecting the ,integrity of ,american 

,elections1 exceeds the authority of the
 ,executive ,branch1 is illegal and     
unconstitutional1 and would             
disenfranchise millions of ,american    
voters4  #c4 ,repeal of executive order 
,executive ,order #adbdh 7#ij ,fed4     
,reg4 #adjje7 shall have no force or    
effect and no ,federal funds may be used
 to implement1 administer1 enforce1 or  
carry out such ,executive order4  #d4   
,prohibition on use of funds            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no ,federal funds may be           
appropriated or transferred to1 or used 
by1 the ,department of ,government      
,efficiency to access each ,state's     
voter registration lists1 records       
concerning voter list maintenance       
activities1 ,federal immigration        
databases1 or other public or private   
,state records related to ,federal      
elections4