Secure Elections Act
Latest action · Mar 22, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure Elections Act
This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies.
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems.
The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2018 to Sep 6, 2018, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 22, 2018 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Sep 6, 2018 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Sep 6, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Mar 22, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2261 | Secure Elections Act | Related bill | Jun 20, 2018 |
| HR 6663 | Secure Elections Act | Identical bill | Aug 10, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Advisory bodies
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Freedom of information
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Intergovernmental relations
- Public participation and lobbying
- Right of privacy
- Sanctions
- State and local government operations
- Subversive activities
- Technology assessment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2018Introduced in Senate
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