HR 1 · 116th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

For the People Act of 2019

Introduced 2019-01-03· Sponsored by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
Committee
House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.(2019-03-14)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2019-03-08
Roll #118
Yea 234Nay 193
Democrats
234 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·193 Nay
PassedHouse · 2019-03-08
Roll #118
Yea 234Nay 193
Democrats
234 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·193 Nay
FailedHouse · 2019-03-08
Roll #117
Yea 197Nay 228
Democrats
6 Yea·227 Nay
Republicans
191 Yea·1 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] For the People Act of 2019 This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access, makes Election Day a federal holiday, and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions. The bill also sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, protecting the security of the voter rolls, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect the security and integrity of U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems. This bill addresses campaign spending, including by expanding the ban on foreign nationals contributing to or spending on elections; expanding disclosure rules pertaining to organizations spending money during elections, campaign advertisements, and online plat…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2019

Mar 1, 2019

As ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on February 26, 2019

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H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2019

Mar 7, 2019

As reported by the House Committee on Rules on March 5, 2019

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Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

20 Democrats