Hands Off Elections Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9306 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9306

      To prohibit Federal employees from intervening in election
                            administration.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2026

 Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Craig, Mrs. Watson
  Coleman, and Ms. Randall) introduced the following bill; which was
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

      To prohibit Federal employees from intervening in election
                            administration.

    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 ``Hands Off Elections Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEES INTERVENING IN ELECTION
              ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Prohibition.--An employee of a Executive agency may not
participate or direct another employee to participate in the
administration of an election for Federal office unless such employee--
            (1) is authorized to participate in the administration
        pursuant to Federal law, including pursuant to--
                    (A) the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C.
                20901 et seq.);
                    (B) the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52
                U.S.C. 20501 et seq.);
                    (C) the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
                Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.); and
                    (D) section 1566 of title 10, United States Code;
                or
            (2) does not participate in the administration in their
        capacity as an employee of a Executive agency.
    (b) Enforcement.--The chief law enforcement officer of a State may
bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United
States for injunctive relief for a violation of subsection (a).
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent a Federal employee from assisting with
cybersecurity measures to preserve the integrity of voting systems.
    (d) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term
``Executive agency'' shall have the meaning given such term in section
105 of title 5, United States Code, but shall not include the United
States Postal Service.
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