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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9577 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 2, 2026
Mr. Fuller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
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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.''.
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