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The bill tightens and clarifies limits and reporting on federal agency voter-registration activities—reducing use of federal funds for registration and increasing congressional oversight—while risking reduced outreach to underrepresented voters, added administrative burdens, program delays, and legal uncertainty for agencies.
Federal agencies and their employees: Clarifies that the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) §7 governs agency voter-registration activities, reducing inconsistent or potentially unlawful federal outreach and standardizing agency practices.
Students and campus communities: Prohibits use of Federal Work-Study funds for registering or mobilizing voters on or off campus, preventing federal student-aid dollars from underwriting registration drives.
Appropriate congressional committees and the public: Requires agencies to submit EO 14019 strategic plans/certifications and activity reports within 30 days, increasing transparency and congressional oversight of agency voter-outreach efforts.
Low-income individuals and students: Restricting agency- and Work-Study-supported registration could reduce voter outreach to underrepresented populations who rely on federal programs for voter information.
Federal agencies and employees: New requirements to produce strategic plans/certifications and detailed reports within short deadlines will create administrative burdens, diverting staff time and resources to compliance.
Communities served by agency outreach and schools/universities: Suspension or delay of EO 14019 activities (including possible 180-day delays) may stall coordinated voter-registration initiatives and outreach services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prevents federal agencies and Federal Work‑Study programs from using funds to carry out or contract voter registration/mobilization inconsistent with NVRA §7, and pauses related executive order actions until reporting requirements are met.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Claudia Tenney · Last progress July 29, 2025
Bars federal agencies from using funds to carry out or contract voter registration or mobilization activities that are inconsistent with the National Voter Registration Act’s rules for voter registration activities, suspends or delays parts of Executive Order 14019 to the extent they conflict with those NVRA rules, and forbids use of Federal Work‑Study funds for voter registration or mobilization on or off campus. It also requires agency heads to produce near‑term reports or certifications about any strategic plans or activities related to the executive order. The funding restrictions take effect in fiscal year 2025, and agencies must submit required certifications and descriptive reports within 30 days of enactment; implementation of some executive order activities is paused until specified post‑reporting deadlines (generally 180 days after the required report is submitted).