Democracy Without Intimidation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8825 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8825

        To prohibit troops at the polls, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2026

  Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
        To prohibit troops at the polls, 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 ``Democracy Without Intimidation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING TROOPS AT POLLS.

    (a) Removal of Exception.--Section 592 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``, unless such force be necessary to 
repel armed enemies of the United States,''.
    (b) Prosecution.--Section 1982 of the Revised Statues (42 U.S.C. 
1987) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1982. PROSECUTION OF VIOLATION OF CERTAIN LAWS.

    ``The United States attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals, the 
United States magistrate judges appointed by the district and 
territorial courts, with power to arrest, imprison, or bail offenders, 
and every other officer who is especially empowered by the President, 
are authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to 
institute prosecutions against all persons violating any of the 
provisions of section 1990 of this title, and sections 241, 242, 372, 
592, 593, 752, 1071, 1581, 1583 and 1588 of title 18, United States 
Code, and to cause such persons to be arrested, and imprisoned or 
bailed, for trial before the court of the United States or the 
territorial court having cognizance of the offense.''.
    (c) Increasing Number of Magistrates.--Section 1983 of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1989) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1983. UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGES; APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO 
              EXECUTE WARRANTS.

    ``The district courts of the United States and the district courts 
of the Territories, from time to time, shall increase the number of 
United States magistrate judges, so as to afford a speedy and 
convenient means for the arrest and examination of persons charged with 
the crimes referred to in section 1987 of this title, and such 
magistrate judges are authorized and required to exercise all the 
powers and duties conferred on them herein with regard to such offenses 
in like manner as they are authorized by law to exercise with regard to 
other offenses against the laws of the United States. Said magistrate 
judges are empowered, within their respective counties, to appoint, in 
writing, under their hands, one or more suitable persons, from time to 
time, who shall execute all such warrants or other process as the 
magistrate judges may issue in the lawful performance of their duties, 
and the persons so appointed shall have authority to summon and call to 
their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of the proper county, or 
such portion of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of 
the militia, as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with 
which they are charged; and such warrants shall run and be executed 
anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued.''.
    (d) Private Right of Action.--
            (1) In general.--Any individual aggrieved by a violation of 
        section 592 of title 18, United States Code, may bring a civil 
        action against a covered person in an appropriate district 
        court of the United States for injunctive relief.
            (2) Appeal.--Any final order of a district court of the 
        United States issued pursuant to an action brought under this 
        subsection shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the 
        Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal shall be 
        taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 days after such 
        order is entered.
            (3) Expedited consideration.--It shall be the duty of the 
        district court of the United States and the Supreme Court of 
        the United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to 
        the greatest possible extent the disposition of any action 
        brought under subsection.
            (4) Covered person defined.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``covered person'' means any person in the Senior Executive 
        Service of a Federal law enforcement agency or a political 
        appointee of a Federal law enforcement agency.
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