Congress 115 - HR 5011 - Election Security Act

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Advisory bodies Buy American requirements Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Government Operations and Politics Government studies and investigations Homeland security Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Subversive activities Technology assessment

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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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Feb 28, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Feb 14, 2018

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.
Feb 14, 2018

Introduced in House

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