Skip to main content
GWGovwatch
CongressBillsCommitteesPresidentMoneyPulseMisconductElectionsMap
Donate

Weekly accountability digest

One email a week with new votes, moving bills, and misconduct updates. No spam.

GW

Govwatch. Public data about Congress, in one place, in plain English.

Built with public data. Not affiliated with the U.S. government.

Explore

  • Officials
  • Legislation
  • Committees
  • Congress Pulse
  • Trending Topics
  • Bipartisan Leaderboard
  • Weekly Digest
  • Misconduct
  • Predictions

Learn

  • How Congress Works
  • How a Bill Becomes Law
  • Campaign Finance 101
  • Glossary

Tools

  • My Representatives
  • Compare Members
  • Bill Watchlist
  • Search
  • District Map
  • Follow the Money
  • Watch Live

Site

  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Data Sources

Congress.gov API v3
Bills, members, votesGovInfo API
Floor speeches, reports, bill textFederal Election Commission (FEC)
Campaign financeVoteView (UCLA)
Ideology scores (DW-NOMINATE)GovTrack.us
Misconduct data (CC0)U.S. Census Bureau
District demographics
Support This Project

This site is free. Donations help cover hosting, API fees, and keeping the data fresh.

All data is sourced from official government APIs and public records. This site is for informational purposes only.

© 2026 Govwatch

HR7356Referred to Committee

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of Federal funds for election administration in States that permit ballot harvesting.

Share:
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-02-04
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘ
Type

Sponsor

Chuck Edwards
Chuck Edwards
Republican · NC · Representative
Votes with party: 95.8% (544 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/E000246

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (8)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)Original· 2026-02-04
  • Ben Cline (R-VA-6)Original· 2026-02-04
  • Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)Original· 2026-02-04
  • Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)Original· 2026-02-04
  • Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2)Original· 2026-02-04
  • Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10)Original· 2026-02-04
  • Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3)Original· 2026-02-04
  • W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)Original· 2026-02-04

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

2026-02-04

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on House AdministrationReferred To · 2026-02-04

Previously

  • Committee on House AdministrationReferred To · 2026-02-04

Plain-English Summary

No Federal Funds for Ballot Harvesting Act This bill requires each state, in order to receive federal funds for election administration, to prohibit the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting), with exceptions.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

Related legislation

Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

  • HR151Equal Representation Act of 2025
    Referred to Committee · 2026-04-21
  • HR7176Vets Connect Act
    Referred to Committee · 2026-01-21
  • HR6436To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to allow for the advance payment of assistance under Tree Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
    Referred to Committee · 2026-01-13
  • HR3584Stratton Ridge Air Force Memorial Act
    Referred to Committee · 2025-05-23