House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defend Elections from Trump Act
Official title: To prohibit the use of funds to order Federal law enforcement or military personnel to polling places or other domestic election locations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Seth Moulton D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Armed Services, 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. 7626.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOULTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 and Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7626, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 March 3, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton.
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- H.R. 1725 (119th) Sgt. Isaac Woodard, Jr. and Sgt. Joseph H. Maddox GI Bill Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 6915 (119th) To prohibit the use of funds to use military force in or against Venezuela, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.