Prohibit military personnel and federal agencies from accessing federally preserved election records.

Prohibits military personnel and federal agencies from accessing election records preserved under federal law.

The bill Goodlander co-introduced would bar military personnel and federal agencies from accessing federally preserved election records.

Reps. Houlahan, Goodlander, Whitesides, Ryan Introduce Protect Our Polls Act, Blocking Armed Federal Agents at Polls | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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the Department has no plan to deploy active-duty troops or Federalized National Guard to polling sites, nor does it have any plan to interfere with ballots, voting machines, or other election-related materials

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A Defense Department response described no current plan to deploy troops or interfere with election materials, but this is an executive assurance rather than a statutory prohibition covering military personnel and federal agencies.

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Department of Defense Responds to Slotkin: Assures No Plans to Send Troops to Polls, Hegseth Silence Continues  - Senator Elissa Slotkin
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By Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Whitesides, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Tran, and Mr. Panetta): H.R. 10497. A bill to require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Goodlander was named as an original participant on H.R. 10497, which was introduced and referred to committees, indicating concrete legislative effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 147 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)
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to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House bill was referred to Judiciary and Rules rather than enacted, so the commitment remained unresolved as of that official action.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 147 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)
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No funds may be appropriated or otherwise made available to the armed forces, as defined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, or any Executive agency

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The proposed bill text contains language aimed at barring funds for armed forces or executive agencies in the relevant election-record context, but it is bill text rather than enacted law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

houlpa_257_xml.pdf
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for the purpose of authorizing or ordering any troops or armed persons under the authority or control of such entity to access any record or paper required under subsection (a) to be retained and preserved

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This text directly matches the promise’s core mechanism: preventing troops or armed persons under armed forces or executive-agency authority from accessing federally preserved election records. It remained only proposed text.

unresolved same_term A for effort

houlpa_257_xml.pdf
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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

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official House press release documents Goodlander’s participation in introducing the Protect Our Polls Act during the lookback window, a concrete effort toward the promise.

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
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