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H.R. 882

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 882, the No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. August Pfluger (R) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Administration, and last saw action on Jan 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Record

Text

H.R. 882 has 9 co-sponsors.

hb882/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 882 IH: No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-31
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 882  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 31, 2025   Mr. Pfluger  (for himself,  Mr. Arrington ,  Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona ,  Mr. Timmons ,  Ms. Boebert ,  Ms. Tenney , and  Mr. Guest ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on House Administration    A BILL
To prohibit the hiring of individuals who are not citizens of the United States to administer an election for Federal office in a State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act  .
2.
Requirements with respect to hiring of election administrators for an election for Federal office
(a)
In general
A State or local jurisdiction may not hire an individual who is not a citizen of the United States to administer an election for Federal office in the State or local jurisdiction.
(b)
Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to any election for Federal office held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-31
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 31, 2025

hb882/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/31/2025)

Sponsors

Rep. August Pfluger (R) sponsors H.R. 882, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 6 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 882 went before 1 committee: Committee on House Administration.

Committee on House Administration
Committee on House Administration
Referred To · Jan 31, 2025 · 196 Bills

Actions

H.R. 882 has taken 2 actions since Jan 31, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 31, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.Committee on House Administration

Votes

H.R. 882 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 882 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act — Display Title
  • No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To prohibit the hiring of individuals who are not citizens of the United States to administer an election for Federal office in a State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 882 in 7 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
COMMON CAUSE—District of Columbia17—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
COMMON CAUSE17—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
VIRGINIA KASE SOLOMON117
OMAR NOURELDIN115
AARON SCHERB113
PRESTON MITCHUM112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2026 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 third_quarter$30K3rd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
COMMON CAUSECOMMON CAUSE2025 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 882 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 882’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr882/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 882 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Elections, voting, political campaign regulation to State and local government operations.

hr882/subjects.txt
Elections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployee hiringForeign laborState and local government operations

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com