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H.Res. 1539

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Affirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to defend the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and to oppose efforts to intimidate voters, suppress the vote, or interfere with free and fair elections.
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Latest Action · September 15, 2026
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Congress
119th (2025–2027)
Introduced
September 15, 2026
Cosponsors (8)
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This resolution expresses the House of Representatives' commitment to defending voting rights and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The resolution condemns several specific actions it views as threats to free and fair elections, including the deployment of armed federal agents or immigration enforcement personnel to polling places, efforts to create a national voter database, new postal service requirements for mail-in ballots that could delay ballot delivery, and proposed legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The resolution calls on the Department of Homeland Security to commit in writing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not conduct operations at polling places during elections, opposes various voter eligibility restrictions, and supports restoring federal voting protections that have been weakened by recent Supreme Court decisions. As a resolution rather than legislation, this measure does not create binding law or require funding, but instead serves as a statement of the chamber's position on voting rights and election administration.

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