119-s1240

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1240 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1240

 To repeal an executive order relating to Federal elections, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 1 (legislative day, March 31), 2025

 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. King, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Reed, 
 Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Welch, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
 Whitehouse, and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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 A BILL

 To repeal an executive order relating to Federal elections, and for 
 other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Defending America's Future Elections 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress makes the following findings:

    (1) Article 1, 

section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
 States clearly demonstrates the time, place, and manner of 
 elections lie with Congress and the States, not with the 
 President.

    (2) On May 20, 1993, President William J. Clinton signed 
 the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
 31), which was passed with bipartisan support.

    (3) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 established 
 certain voter registration requirements and does not require 
 documentary proof of citizenship on the National Mail Voter 
 Registration Form.

    (4) On October 29, 2002, President George W. Bush signed 
 the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252), which 
 was passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis.

    (5) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 established the 
 Election Assistance Commission, an independent and evenly 
 divided bipartisan agency to assist States with new standards 
 and improve election administration.

    (6) Executive Order 14248 (90 Fed. Reg. 14005), issued by 
 President Trump on March 25, 2025, entitled ``Preserving and 
 Protecting the Integrity of American Elections'', exceeds the 
 authority of the Executive Branch, is illegal and 
 unconstitutional, and would disenfranchise millions of American 
 voters.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.

 Executive Order 14248 (90 Fed. Reg. 14005) shall have no force or 
effect and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or carry out such Executive order.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be 
appropriated or transferred to, or used by, the Department of 
Government Efficiency to access each State's voter registration lists, 
records concerning voter list maintenance activities, Federal 
immigration databases, or other public or private State records related 
to Federal elections.
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