To allow Americans to sue federal officials for constitutional violations of voting rights and election law.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8858 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8858 To allow Americans to sue Federal officials for constitutional violations of voting rights and election law. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2026 Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To allow Americans to sue Federal officials for constitutional violations of voting rights and election law. 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 ``Protecting American Voters' Rights Act''. SEC. 2. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST PERSON ACTING UNDER FEDERAL ELECTION AUTHORITY. Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) is amended by inserting ``of any Federal election or election enforcement authority or'' before ``of any State''. <all>