Require administrations to notify Congress with intelligence, legal justification, deployment plans, and evidence of state and local incapacity 48 hours before any polling-place deployment.

Requires an Administration to provide Congress with intelligence, legal justification, deployment plans, and evidence that state and local authorities cannot address the threat on their own 48 hours before any deployment.

The bill Goodlander co-introduced would require detailed congressional notification 48 hours before any deployment to polling places.

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.5

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Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), George Whitesides (CA-27), and Pat Ryan (NY-18) introduced the Protect Our Polls Act, a bill to prevent armed federal agents from being deployed to polling places without Congressional approval.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Goodlander joined the House introduction of the Protect Our Polls Act, an effort aimed at the commitment but not evidence of enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Requires an Administration to provide Congress with intelligence, legal justification, deployment plans, and evidence that state and local authorities cannot address the threat on their own 48 hours before any deployment.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official announcement describes the exact 48-hour congressional notification requirement matching the campaign commitment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Not less than 48 hours before troops or armed persons, including Federal law enforcement officers, are intended to be sent to any place where a general or special election is held

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Draft bill text contains the central 48-hour notice mechanism, showing a concrete legislative attempt rather than completed delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

houlpa_257_xml.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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the specific intelligence that supports the claim that armed enemies of the United States are threatening the places where those elections are being held

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text would require intelligence disclosure to Congress before a polling-place deployment, one of the promised elements.

unresolved same_term A for effort

houlpa_257_xml.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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H.R. 10497. A bill to require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record shows the House bill was referred to committees, indicating it had not been enacted at introduction and remained a legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-09-17-house.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Offered by: Ms. Goodlander of New Hampshire

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Before the lookback window, Goodlander offered related defense oversight language on election security and restrictions on federal troop deployment at polling locations; this is related effort but does not deliver the specific 48-hour statutory notification requirement.

unresolved same_term A for effort

BILLS-119-HR8800-G000604-Amdt-6464r1.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%