Real bill currently in Congress  c/o  SJRES/119/212

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure that only citizens are eligible to vote in Federal elections.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics ▲ 28 days since action Sponsor: Eric Schmitt, MO-Senate, R → Congress.gov

Latest action (2026-08-07): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

What should pass

“AI Consensus Solution”

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Citizen Voter Integrity and Federal Election Assurance Act of 2025

To make crystal clear that only U.S. citizens may vote in federal elections, and to prevent noncitizens from casting ballots in U.S. congressional and presidential elections.

Bipartisan rationale: Honors Democratic priorities by protecting every eligible citizen's right to vote through explicit due-process safeguards—mandatory 90-day notice, an appeal process, and count-only-after-verification provisional ballots—and by avoiding a divisive constitutional amendment, instead using federal grants rather than unfunded mandates. Honors Republican priorities by making noncitizen voting an effective federal enforcement priority, requiring citizenship verification, penalizing noncompliant states, and ensuring that noncitizens are removed from federal voter rolls.

Funding: Deobligated unobligated balances from exis $50 million per year for 5 yea Sunset 5y Oversight: Election Assistance Commission Enforcement: Attorney General may bring civil act

Vote-count path: ~250 House votes: 170 centrist Democrats + 80 moderate Republicans; ~65 Senate votes: 50 Democrats + 15 Republicans from Judiciary and Homeland Security committees.

→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Spending Clause) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause) → Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 (Congressional regulation of federal elections) → Amendment XIV, Section 5 (Enforcement Clause) → Amendment X (reserved state power limit)

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