Prohibit federal employees from intervening in election administration.

H.R.9306 Cosponsored — To prohibit Federal employees from intervening in election administration.

Cosponsored legislation to stop federal employees from interfering in election administration.

Legislation
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An employee may not use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.

Federal law already contains a Hatch Act prohibition on federal employees using official authority to interfere with or affect election results. This overlaps with, but is not exactly the same as, a new prohibition on intervening in election administration.

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5 USC 7323: Political activity authorized; prohibitions
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Except for the President and Vice President, all federal civilian executive branch employees are covered by the Hatch Act. Less restricted federal employees may not use their official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the result of an election.

The federal enforcement agency for the Hatch Act confirms coverage of federal executive branch employees and the election-interference prohibition. This supports partial fulfillment as an existing federal restriction, not evidence that Watson Coleman enacted a new measure.

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Federal Employee Hatch Act Information
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H.R.1 would add federal prohibitions on hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration and on hindering, interfering with, or preventing voting or registering to vote, whether acting under color of law or otherwise. It also included a prohibition on campaign activities by chief state election administration officials.

The bill Watson Coleman supported contained related election-interference and election-administration integrity provisions, but the cited sections are broader or aimed at state election officials rather than a specific ban on federal employees intervening in election administration.

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Text - H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1 as Passed House, with latest action in the Senate on March 11, 2021: Received in the Senate. The status tracker shows only Introduced and Passed House, not enacted law.

A major related legislative vehicle advanced in the House but did not become law, so it does not fully deliver the promise through new federal legislation.

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H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 62 on H.R.1, For the People Act, as On Passage, status Passed, 220 yea to 210 nay. Watson Coleman, Democrat of New Jersey, voted Yea.

Watson Coleman took a concrete vote to advance a related democracy and election-integrity bill, but House passage alone did not enact the prohibition.

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Roll Call 62 | Bill Number: H. R. 1
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] as a cosponsor of H.R.1 on February 5, 2021.

Cosponsorship shows clear legislative effort by Watson Coleman on a related election-integrity package, but the bill still failed to become law.

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Cosponsors - H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
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