CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Stephen Lynch (D-MA)

Vote by Mail Protection Act of 2026

H.R. 8666 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 49 Democratic cosponsors · See all 49 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Vote by Mail Protection Act of 2026," aims to nullify Executive Order 14399. It specifies that the Executive Order shall have no force or effect. Additionally, the act requires that any contract or arrangement made by an agency to carry out activities related to that order be canceled. It also prohibits the use of agency funds for salaries or expenses to carry out activities pursuant to the Executive Order.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill reduces spending by prohibiting the use of agency funds for activities related to the nullified Executive Order.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill limits federal power by nullifying an Executive Order.