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HRES 756 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Supporting the designation of September 2025 as "National Voting Rights Month".

In plain language: This resolution expresses congressional support for a National Voting Rights Month to promote voter registration and election awareness. It calls on lawmakers to pass federal legislation that expands ballot access and restores voting rights to citizens who have completed prison sentences. Additionally, it encourages public schools and universities to teach voting procedures and the history of voting rights, while urging federal funding for nationwide public ads about election dates and deadlines.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

Election rules+10Curriculum & control+6

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Who it affects

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Who it helps

  • United States Postal ServiceThe resolution formally commends the Postal Service for issuing a commemorative stamp honoring civil rights leader Representative John R. Lewis.provisional
  • Public schools and universitiesThe resolution recommends that public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions develop curriculum on voter registration, election processes, and the history and current state of voting rights and restrictions.provisional
  • Eligible voters and studentsThe resolution encourages people to vote, recommends educational programs for students on how to register and vote, and urges Congress to fund media campaigns informing the public about voting deadlines and procedures.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Expresses House support for designating a National Voting Rights Month and encourages all people in the United States to uphold and exercise the right to vote.

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  2. Urges Congress to pass major federal voting legislation, including measures to establish national voting access standards and restore federal voting rights to citizens released from prison.

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  3. Recommends that public schools and universities develop curricula teaching students how to vote, the history of voter suppression, and current voting restrictions.

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  4. Encourages Congress to fund public service announcements across print, broadcast, and digital media to inform citizens about election dates, registration deadlines, and voting.

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Sep 19, 2025Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Science, Space, and Technology, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  2. Sep 19, 2025Submitted in House

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