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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahef0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 18TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-978 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 AMERICAN CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS ACT JANuARY 3, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. STEIL, from the Committee on House Administration, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 4563] The Committee on House Administration, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4563) to promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by removing Federal impediments to, equip- ping States with tools for, and establishing voluntary consider- ations to support effective State administration of Federal elec- tions, improving election administration in the District of Colum- bia, improving the effectiveness of military voting programs, en- hancing election security, and protecting political speech, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 59 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 60 The Origins of the Election Law in the United States .................................. 60 The Elections Clause ................................................................................ 60 The E lectors Clause .................................................................................. 63 The Supreme Court Has Confirmed That States Have Primary Authority Over Elections in the United States ............................................................ 64 E lections Clause ....................................................................................... 64 E lectors C lause .......................................................................................... 66 History and Practice Reinforce the State-Empowered Interpretation of the Constitution's Election Provisions ........................................................ 67 E lectors C lause .......................................................................................... 67 E lections Clause ....................................................................................... 68 59-006