Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017
Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safeguarding Election Infrastructure Act of 2017
This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted. The bill also requires (1) the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) each state to audit federal election results by administering hand counts of paper ballots at randomly selected precincts, and (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress and the affected state if DHS believes a state's voter-registration database or voting system has been breached.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2018 to Jul 27, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jan 25, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 27, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 27, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 27, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Nov 7, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 7, 2017Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2017Introduced in House
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