Blocks federal funds for agents and National Guard near polling places.
This bill would stop federal money from being used to send certain Department of Homeland Security agents or National Guard members to polling places. This would prevent uniformed federal personnel from being nearby or setting up checkpoints on routes to election sites. This would change current rules that allow such deployments.
Today, federal money can be used to send agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as National Guard members, to election sites. These uniformed personnel can be deployed near polling places during voting periods. This means that voters might encounter federal agents or National Guard members on duty when they go to cast their ballots. If this bill becomes law, federal funds would be banned from being used for these deployments within 1/4 mile of polling places, for setting up checkpoints to them, or for interfering with voter access.
S 5474 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 5/10
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