[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1240

  To repeal an executive order relating to Federal elections, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 1 (legislative day, March 31), 2025

 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. King, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Reed, 
  Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Welch, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
 Whitehouse, and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal an executive order relating to Federal elections, 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 ``Defending America's Future Elections 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Article 1, section 4 of the Constitution of the United 
        States clearly demonstrates the time, place, and manner of 
        elections lie with Congress and the States, not with the 
        President.
            (2) On May 20, 1993, President William J. Clinton signed 
        the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-
        31), which was passed with bipartisan support.
            (3) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 established 
        certain voter registration requirements and does not require 
        documentary proof of citizenship on the National Mail Voter 
        Registration Form.
            (4) On October 29, 2002, President George W. Bush signed 
        the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252), which 
        was passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis.
            (5) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 established the 
        Election Assistance Commission, an independent and evenly 
        divided bipartisan agency to assist States with new standards 
        and improve election administration.
            (6) Executive Order 14248 (90 Fed. Reg. 14005), issued by 
        President Trump on March 25, 2025, entitled ``Preserving and 
        Protecting the Integrity of American Elections'', exceeds the 
        authority of the Executive Branch, is illegal and 
        unconstitutional, and would disenfranchise millions of American 
        voters.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER.

    Executive Order 14248 (90 Fed. Reg. 14005) shall have no force or 
effect and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or carry out such Executive order.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be 
appropriated or transferred to, or used by, the Department of 
Government Efficiency to access each State's voter registration lists, 
records concerning voter list maintenance activities, Federal 
immigration databases, or other public or private State records related 
to Federal elections.
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