House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Our Polls Act
Official title: To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10497.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 147, September 17, 2026, Pages H5989-H5990):Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10497, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10497
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Derek Tran (D-CA), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan.
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- H.R. 250 (119th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.
- H.R. 730 (119th) Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act
- H.R. 2439 (119th) Support UNFPA Funding Act
- H.Res. 1380 (119th) Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.
- H.R. 8175 (119th) To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender…
Related bills
- S. 4845 (119th) Protect Our Polls ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.