Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022

Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act

Long title	To amend title 3, United States Code, to reform the Electoral Count Act, and to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide clear guidelines for when and to whom resources are provided by the Administrator of General Services for use in connection with the preparations for the assumption of official duties as President or Vice President.
Enacted by	the 117th United States Congress
Effective	December 29, 2022
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.4573 by Susan Collins (R–ME) on July 20, 2022 Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Senate agreed to amendment on December 22, 2022 (68–29 as Division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) with further amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on December 23, 2022 (225–201–1 as Division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Signed into law by President Joe Biden as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022

The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 is a revision of the Electoral Count Act of 1887, adding to procedures set out in the Constitution of the United States for the counting of electoral votes following a presidential election. It also amended the Presidential Transition Act.

The Act was passed on 23 December 2022 by the 117th Congress, and signed into law by President Joe Biden as Division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.^[1]