House Bill 4407
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Voluntarily Offered Tools for Election Reforms by States Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 30, 2023
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4407
Congress
118
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Voluntarily Offered Tools for Election Reforms by States Act or the VOTERS Act
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission's Standards Board to release voluntary considerations from states with respect to the administration of federal elections. The board must examine and consolidate information provided by states and release considerations with respect to specified categories (e.g., processes for the administration of ballots delivered by mail, methods used to recruit poll workers, and procedures used to carry out postelection audits).
The bill allows states to use certain grant funds to implement any of the released voluntary considerations.
June 30, 2023
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06/30/2023
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
06/30/2023
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
May 6, 2024 2:21:01 PM