To prohibit troops at the polls, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8825 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8825 To prohibit troops at the polls, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 2026 Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit troops at the polls, 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 ``Democracy Without Intimidation Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITING TROOPS AT POLLS. (a) Removal of Exception.--Section 592 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States,''. (b) Prosecution.--Section 1982 of the Revised Statues (42 U.S.C. 1987) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 1982. PROSECUTION OF VIOLATION OF CERTAIN LAWS. ``The United States attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals, the United States magistrate judges appointed by the district and territorial courts, with power to arrest, imprison, or bail offenders, and every other officer who is especially empowered by the President, are authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to institute prosecutions against all persons violating any of the provisions of section 1990 of this title, and sections 241, 242, 372, 592, 593, 752, 1071, 1581, 1583 and 1588 of title 18, United States Code, and to cause such persons to be arrested, and imprisoned or bailed, for trial before the court of the United States or the territorial court having cognizance of the offense.''. (c) Increasing Number of Magistrates.--Section 1983 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 198