To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7356 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7356 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2026 Mr. Edwards (for himself, Mr. Onder, Mr. McDowell, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Cline, Mr. Bentz, and Mr. Steube) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``No Federal Funds for Ballot Harvesting Act''. (b) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) the right to vote is a fundamental right of citizens of the United States, as described by the Constitution of the United States; (2) the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, which is charged with investigating election irregularities, received reports through its official Election Observer Program for the 2018 general election and the 2020 general election, as well as from other stakeholders, that individuals other than voters themselves were depositing large amounts of absentee ballots at polling places throughout California and other States, a practice colloquially known as ``ballot harvesting''; (3) the practice of ballot harvesting creates significant vulnerabilities in the chain of custody of ballots because individuals collecting ballots are not required to be registered voters and