Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act of 2025

This bill limits how federal agencies can take part in voter registration and get‑out‑the‑vote efforts. Agencies could not use their buildings or websites to team up with outside groups to register voters, share mail‑ballot applications, give voting instructions, or provide candidate information. It also puts a pause on spending for activities under a recent voting access executive order until agencies send required reports to Congress, and makes clear the order can’t be used in ways that conflict with the National Voter Registration Act. The pause does not apply to activities described in section 7(c) of that Act.

Within 30 days of the bill becoming law, each agency must send Congress either its plan for promoting voter registration and participation under the executive order or a signed note saying it has no plan, plus a report describing any activities done under that order. Most parts would apply starting in fiscal year 2025. The bill also changes Federal Work‑Study rules so student jobs cannot include registering or mobilizing voters on or off campus .

Key points

• Who is affected: Federal agencies, nonprofits that might partner with agencies, colleges, and students in Federal Work‑Study programs .
• What changes: No agency partnerships with outside groups for voter registration on agency property or websites; a pause on spending for executive‑order voting activities until reports are filed; new reports to Congress; and a ban on voter registration/mobilization tasks in Work‑Study jobs .
• When: Reports due within 30 days of enactment; most provisions start in fiscal year 2025 .