To protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes.
• Committee on House Administration• Homeland Security Committee• Foreign Affairs Committee• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
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Election Security Act This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research and development directed at improving the security and reliability of election infrastructure. The bill also (1) requires the President to develop a national strategy to protect against attacks on U.S. democratic institutions, and (2) establishes the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Advisory bodiesBuy American requirementsComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHomeland securityIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsSubversive activitiesTechnology assessment
To protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-5011| House
| Updated: 2/28/2018
Election Security Act This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research and development directed at improving the security and reliability of election infrastructure. The bill also (1) requires the President to develop a national strategy to protect against attacks on U.S. democratic institutions, and (2) establishes the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Advisory bodiesBuy American requirementsComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDisability and paralysisElections, voting, political campaign regulationGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHomeland securityIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsSubversive activitiesTechnology assessment