Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 777 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 777

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intimidation of 
      election officials and poll workers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2021

 Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Mr. San Nicolas, and Ms. Norton) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intimidation of 
      election officials and poll workers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Election Workers Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. INTIMIDATION OF VOTERS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 594 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by adding at the end the following: 
        ``and election officials'';
            (2) by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Intimidation of Voters--Whoever''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Intimidation of Election Officials and Poll Workers.--Whoever 
intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, 
or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with such 
other person's duties in connection with the administration of an 
election described in subsection (a), shall be fined under this title 
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 29 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related 
to section 594 and inserting the following:

``594. Intimidation of voters and election officials.''.
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