Prohibition on use of funds with respect to certain other activities

(a) National voter registration database Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used by the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, the Department of Justice, or any other agency— (1) to create a national voter registration database or a national citizenship database for Federal election purposes; (2) to use existing databases or systems to compile citizenship lists for Federal election purposes; or (3) to provide for the national collection of State voter registration lists or citizenship lists for Federal election purposes. (b) Mail-In and absentee ballots Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) no Federal funds may be used by the Department of Commerce or any other agency— (A) for any purpose relating to the regulation of mail-in and absentee ballots in Federal elections; or (B) to determine the eligibility of a voter to cast a ballot through the mail in Federal elections; and (2) the United States Postal Service may not use any funds, including funds available under section 2003 or 2011 of title 39, United States Code— (A) to regulate the mailability of mail-in and absentee ballots in Federal elections; or (B) to determine the eligibility of a voter to cast a ballot through the mail in Federal elections. (c) Compelling production of State voter registration lists Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used by the Department of Justice to bring or continue a civil action against any State to compel the production of statewide voter registration lists under section 303 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (52 U.S.C. 20703), section 303 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083), or any other Federal law. (d) Sharing of voter registration lists (1) In general Nothing in section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507), section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21111), or any other provision of law shall be construed to grant any authority to share statewide voter registration lists between any two Federal agencies, or to conduct data matching activities with any such registration lists using any system of records. (2) Prohibition of funds (A) In general No Federal funds may be used by any agency for any activity described in paragraph (1). (B) Postal service The United States Postal Service may not use any funds, including funds available under section 2003 or 2011 of title 39, United States Code, to carry out any activity described in paragraph (1). (e) Definitions For purposes of this section, the terms agency and system of records have the meaning given those terms under section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974).