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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Aug 2, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 21, 2001Markup Jul 18, 2001Reported Oct 31, 2001 |
| Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2001Hearings Jun 26, 2001Markup Jun 27, 2001Reported Jun 27, 2001 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2001Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 107-263.
- Oct 31, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
- Jul 18, 2001Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 18, 2001Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 27, 2001Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 27, 2001Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 26, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
- Jun 26, 2001Subcommittee Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards Prior to Introduction and Referral (May 22, 2001).
- Jun 21, 2001Introduced in House
- Jun 21, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1183)
- Jun 21, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Science.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4561 | Vernon J. Ehlers R-MI | Jul 25, 2001 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1183 | Vernon J. Ehlers R-MI | Jun 21, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 31, 2001H.R. 2275, Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on July 18, 2001</p>
- Jul 31, 2001H.R. 2275, Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on July 18, 2001
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP ON H.R. 3295, THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 200146 pages | Committee on House Administration | Nov 15, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-322 | LISTING AND DELISTING PROCESSES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT647 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | May 9, 2001 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45770 | The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC): Overview and Selected Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 1, 2026 |
| R46949 | The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA): Overview and Ongoing Role in Election Administration Policy | Report | Mar 20, 2026 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to ensure the usability, accuracy, integrity, and security of United States voting products and systems through the development of voluntary consensus standards, the provision of technical assistance, and laboratory accreditation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001
- Popular Titles
- Voting Process Standards and Technology bill
- Improve Voting Process bill
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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2001Reported in House
- Jun 21, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
