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H.R. 5189 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Voter Integrity and Defense Act

Died in committee453 words Introduced Aug 11, 2023 · Latest action Aug 11, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedAug 11, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
  6. PresidentNot yet Not reached yet

What it does

This bill requires states and local jurisdictions, in order to receive election assistance payments, to have in effect a law that requires valid photo identification for voting in federal elections.

Specifically, the state or local jurisdiction must certify that the state has in effect a law that prevents state or local election officials from (1) providing a ballot for a federal election to an individual who desires to vote in person unless the individual presents a valid photo identification, and (2) accepting a ballot for a federal election from an individual who votes other than in person unless the individual submits with the ballot a copy of a valid photo identification.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in House” version · Aug 11, 2023

Who lobbies on it

1 organization · 3 filings · Q3 2023–Q4 2024

One square per quarter since introduction, oldest left. Filled = named it that quarter.

  1. Manufactured Housing Institute (mhi) 3 of 6 quarters
    “Monitor manufactured housing issues. Lobby against a Department of Energy proposal that uses the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code. Regulation proposal EERE-2009-BT-BC-0021-0592. The law requires the DOE to establish energy standards for manufactured housing based on the most recent version of the IECC…”

    Q4 2024 filing · $220K lobbying spend in 2024, all issues

Organizations that named H.R. 5189 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Aug 11, 2023Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  2. Aug 11, 2023Introduced in House