COCOA-VIP Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9577 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9577

  To amend section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to affirm
 access for congressional election observers to primary elections for
                Federal office, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2026

  Mr. Fuller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL

  To amend section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to affirm
 access for congressional election observers to primary elections for
                Federal office, 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 ``COCOA Voter Integrity and Primaries
Act'' or the ``COCOA-VIP Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ``ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE''.

    Section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Election for Federal Office Defined.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `election for
        Federal office' includes any general, special, primary, or
        runoff election conducted by ballot in which one or more
        candidates for the United States Senate or the United States
        House of Representatives (including any Delegate or Resident
        Commissioner to the Congress) appear on the official ballot.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall
        be construed to require a State or political party to provide
        observer access to party conventions, caucuses, or other
        candidate selection processes that do not involve ballots
        listing candidates for Federal office.''.
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