The record

LegislationLegislation· Oct 2024
HR 6513 Signed into law

Sponsored by Mike Carey (R)

COCOA Act of 2024

Requires states to give congressional election observers full access to federal election procedures.

Tradeoff

Requires states to let congressional election observers into areas where ballots are cast, counted, and certified. Bars observers from handling ballots or equipment, or from interfering with voters or election workers.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 6513, COCOA Act of 2023www.cbo.gov/publication/60212 · Apr 2024

The House passed the bill 413-1 on September 25, 2024. The Senate passed it by on September 24, 2024, and it became law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Nov 30, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on House Administration(Nov 30, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on House Administration voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Nov 30, 2023)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-361.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 9, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Rules and Administration(Sep 10, 2024)

  6. Senate · Amended

    Senator McConnell's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 3297 · Sep 24, 2024)

    Extends congressional election observer access to Senate employees and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, not just House staff and House committees.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 24, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  8. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Rules and Administration

    Discharged(Sep 24, 2024)

  9. House

    On Motion to and Concur in the Senate Amendment

    Passed(Roll #449 · Sep 25, 2024)

    413 yeanay 1

  10. House

    Sent to the President

    (Oct 1, 2024)

  11. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  12. Enacted

    Became law(Oct 4, 2024)

Final passage· Sep 25, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025