HR9577Referred to Committee

COCOA-VIP Act

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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119th
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2026-07-02
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Clay Fuller
Clay Fuller
Republican · GA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.2% (124 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

2026-07-02

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would clarify that people authorized to observe elections can watch primary elections for federal offices (like Senate and House races), not just general elections. Currently, election observer rules focus mainly on general elections, and this change would ensure the same transparency and oversight applies when parties are choosing their candidates. This affects election officials, political parties, and citizens who serve as official observers to monitor voting integrity.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9577 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9577 To amend section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to affirm access for congressional election observers to primary elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2026 Mr. Fuller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to affirm access for congressional election observers to primary elections for Federal office, 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 ``COCOA Voter Integrity and Primaries Act'' or the ``COCOA-VIP Act''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ``ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE''. Section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083a) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Election for Federal Office Defined.-- ``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `election for Federal office' includes any general, special, primary, or runoff election conducted by ballot in which one or more candidates for the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives (including any Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) appear on the official ballot. ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a State or political party to provide observer access to party conventions, caucuses, or other candidate selection processes that do not involve ballots listing candidates for Federal office.''. <all>
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