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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4544.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Prevents federal funds from being used for a federal election in a state that does not prohibit ballot harvesting.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4544, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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