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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 823 

To require information sharing with respect to the ownership of election 

service providers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 14, 2019 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To require information sharing with respect to the ownership 

of election service providers. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Election Systems In5 tegrity Act’’ or the ‘‘ESIA’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING WITH RESPECT TO OWNER7 SHIP OF ELECTION SERVICE PROVIDERS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each election service provider 

9 shall submit to the Secretary and the Commission the fol10 lowing: 


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1 (1) Not later than the date that is 90 days 

2 after the later of the date of the enactment of this 

3 section or the date that a person first becomes an 

4 election service provider, a report listing the identity 

5 of any foreign national (as defined in section 319(b) 

6 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 

7 U.S.C. 30121(b))) who directly or indirectly owns or 

8 controls such election service provider, and the per9 centage of such ownership. 

10 (2) Not later than 90 days after the date of any 

11 material change in ownership or control of such elec12 tion service provider, a notice of such change and an 

13 update of any information previously reported under 

14 paragraph (1). 

15 (b) CIVIL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.—If 

16 an election service provider fails to submit a report re17 quired under subsection (a), the Attorney General may, 

18 after notice and opportunity for hearing, impose a civil 

19 fine of $10,000. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

22 means the Election Assistance Commission. 

23 (2) ELECTION SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 

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1 tem on behalf of an election agency, such as a con2 tractor or vendor. 

3 (3) ELECTION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘election 

4 system’’ means a voting system, an election manage5 ment system, a voter registration website or data6 base, an electronic pollbook, a system for tabulating 

7 or reporting election results, an election agency com8 munications system, or any other information sys9 tem (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United 

10 States Code) that the Secretary, in consultation with 

11 the Commission, identifies as central to the manage12 ment, support, or administration of a Federal elec13 tion. 

14 (4) FEDERAL ELECTION.—The term ‘‘Federal 

15 election’’ means a general, special, primary, or run16 off election for the office of President or Vice Presi17 dent, or of a Senator or Representative in, or Dele18 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress that 

19 is conducted by an election agency. 

20 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

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