To protect the administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats.
USA115th CongressHR-6663| House
| Updated: 8/10/2018
Thomas J. Rooney
Republican Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (5)
Committee on House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Secure Elections Act This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems. The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Government Operations and Politics
Accounting and auditingAdvisory bodiesComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityElections, voting, political campaign regulationFreedom of informationGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationIntergovernmental relationsPublic participation and lobbyingRight of privacySanctionsState and local government operationsSubversive activitiesTechnology assessment
To protect the administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats.
USA115th CongressHR-6663| House
| Updated: 8/10/2018
Secure Elections Act This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems. The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Thomas J. Rooney
Republican Representative
Florida
Cosponsors (5)
Committee on House Administration, Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
Related Bills
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdvisory bodiesComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityElections, voting, political campaign regulationFreedom of informationGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationIntergovernmental relationsPublic participation and lobbyingRight of privacySanctionsState and local government operationsSubversive activitiesTechnology assessment