Eliminating Foreign Intervention in Elections Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 151 To prohibit Federal payments to a unit of local government that allows individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for State or local office, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. MEADOWS, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To prohibit Federal payments to a unit of local government that allows individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in elections for State or local office, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminating Foreign 4 Intervention in Elections Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H151.IH H151 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 151 IH SEC. 2. FEDERAL PAYMENT RESTRICTION. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available 2 in any Act may be used to make payments to any unit 3 of local government that permits individuals who are not 4 citizens of the United States to vote in elections for State 5 or local office. 6 (b) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION BY CENSUS RE- 7 QUIRED.—The Bureau of the Census shall collect and 8 publish information on any State or local government that 9 allows non-citizens to vote. 10 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of this sec- 11 tion shall only apply with respect to any contract entered 12 into or grant made on or after the date of the enactment 13 of this Act. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:35 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H151.IH H151 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS