Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001
Latest action · Oct 31, 2001 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to: (1) accredit independent, non-Federal laboratories to test and certify that voting products and systems conform with the standards established by the commission; (2) make an effort to accredit at least one minority-owned laboratory; (3) disseminate such standards, other relevant technical information, guidelines for usage of the standards, and any other information appropriate to assist in their implementation; (4) maintain and make available a list of accredited laboratories; and (5) maintain and make available, including through the Internet, a list of U.S. voting products and systems that have been certified by an accredited laboratory to conform with the standards established by the commission.
Directs the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a program for research and development in areas to support the development of such standards.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2001 to Aug 2, 2001, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | James A. Barcia | Original | Jun 21, 2001 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-MI | Lynn N. Rivers | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Aug 2, 2001 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
- Oct 31, 2001Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 107-263.
- Jul 18, 2001Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 18, 2001Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 27, 2001Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Architecture and the disabled
- Ballots
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer networks
- Computer security measures
- Computer software
- Computers and government
- Computers in politics
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Commerce
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Election administration
- Election fraud
- Federal aid to research
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Human engineering
- Industrial standards
- Internet
- Laboratories
- Law
- Licenses
- Presidential elections
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
- Test facilities
- Voter registration
- Voting
- Voting machines
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