Election Vendor Security Act
Latest action · Jul 18, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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.
- IntroducedJul 18, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Election Vendor Security Act
This bill prohibits state and local governmental entities that are responsible for administering an election for federal office from entering into an agreement with a vendor who is a foreign national or who fails to meet current best practices for cybersecurity established by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and the Department of Homeland Security.
Before each regularly scheduled general election for federal office (beginning with the November 2018 election), each state shall submit to the commission a list of all vendors who will be providing, supporting, or maintaining any components of an election system in such state.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 18, 2018 to Jul 25, 2018; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jul 18, 2018 |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 25, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 25, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 18, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2018Introduced in House
- Jul 18, 2018Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 121, July 18, 2018, page H6558.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-111 | CYBER-SECURING THE VOTE: ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF THE U.S. ELECTION SYSTEM141 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Jul 24, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from entering into agreements with vendors for the provision, support, or maintenance of election systems if the vendors are owned or controlled by persons who are not citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of the United States or do not meet cybersecurity best practices, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Election Vendor Security Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Buy American requirements
- Computer security and identity theft
- Corporate finance and management
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2018Introduced 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.
