“A bill to repeal an executive order relating to Federal elections, and for other purposes.”
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This section states 12 congressional findings concerning constitutional authority over elections, the history and bipartisan enactment of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and Help America Vote Act of 2002, the lack of statutory basis in those laws for Executive Order 14399, the prevalence of absentee and mail-in voting (including no-excuse absentee voting in 28 states and universal vote-by-mail in 8 states and the District of Columbia as of March 22, 2026), mail voting statistics (more than 28 million ballots in 2016, over 66 million in 2020, and over 48 million in 2024), military and overseas voting under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the independence of the U.S. Postal Service, and the asserted illegality and unconstitutionality of Executive Order 14399.
This section repeals Executive Order 14399 (91 Fed. Reg. 17125). It further prohibits the use of any federal funds, including by the United States Postal Service (including funds available under 39 U.S.C. §§ 2003, 2011), to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that executive order or any similar order.
This section prohibits the use of federal funds by the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, Department of Justice, or any other agency to (1) create a national voter registration database or national citizenship database for federal elections; (2) use existing databases or systems to compile citizenship lists for federal elections; or (3) provide for the national collection of state voter registration lists or citizenship lists for federal elections. It further prohibits the Department of Commerce or any agency, and the U.S. Postal Service (including funds under 39 U.S.C. §§ 2003 or 2011), from using funds to regulate mail-in or absentee ballots or determine voter eligibility for such ballots in federal elections. The section also prohibits the Department of Justice from using funds to bring or continue civil actions against states to compel production of statewide voter registration lists under specified laws (i.e., 52 U.S.C. § 20703 or § 21083 or other federal law). Additionally, it prohibits federal agencies, including the Postal Service, from sharing statewide voter registration lists between agencies or conducting data matching with such lists using any system of records (as defined under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a).