[20220121]IN11841_选举政策概述和第117届国会.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Elections Policy Overview and the 117th Congress January 21, 2022 The second session of the 117th Congress has continued considering legislation on issues related to campaign finance, elections, and voting. As Congress examines whether or how to address such proposals, a threshold question may be which policy areas the House and Senate want to affect, if any. This CRS Insight provides a brief overview of the campaign finance, election administration, and voting rights policy issues that pending or future legislation could address. It also provides links to selected CRS products that contain additional detail about various policy issues. It does not address constitutional or legal issues, but links to CRS products that do so. Recent Legislative Activity The first session of the 117th Congress did not enact major changes to federal election law. In the first session, the House passed three bills related to campaign finance, elections, or voting rights: H.R. 1, the For the People Act; H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA); and H.R. 5314, the Protecting Our Democracy Act. In addition,