S. 2636: A bill to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-07-31 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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A bill to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.

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A bill to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s2636.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

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Sponsor: Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] · 23 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s2636.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s2636 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills