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Union Calendar No. 385 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4555 
[Report No. 118–465] 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow the use of require-
ments payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to an 
election for Federal office in a State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2023 
Mr. MURPHY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
APRIL 17, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 11, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow 
the use of requirements payments to conduct a post- 
election audit with respect to an election for Federal 
office in a State. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Election Audit 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS FOR POST- 
ELECTION AUDITS. 
(a) PERMITTING USE OF PAYMENTS FOR AUDITS.— 
Section 251(b)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21001(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 
to conduct and publish an audit of the effectiveness and 
accuracy of the voting systems, nonvoting election tech-
nology (as defined in paragraph (4)(B)), election proce-
dures, and outcomes used to carry out an election for Fed-
eral office in the State and the performance of the State 
and local election officials who carried out the election, but 
only if the audit meets the requirements of paragraph 
(4)(A)’’ after ‘‘requirements of title III’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR AUDITS; NONVOTING ELEC-
TION TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—Section 251(b) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 21001(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
AUDITS
CONDUCTED 
WITH REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An audit described in 
paragraph (1) meets the requirements of this 
paragraph if— 
‘‘(i) no individual who participates in 
conducting the audit is an employee or con-
tractor of an office of the State or local gov-
ernment which is responsible for the admin-
istration of elections for Federal office or of 
a subsidiary or affiliate of such an office; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the audit includes an examina-
tion of compliance with established processes 
for voter registration, voter check-in, voting, 
tabulation, canvassing, post-election pro-
ceedings (such as recounts and recanvasses), 
and reporting of results. 
‘‘(B) NONVOTING
ELECTION
TECHNOLOGY 
DEFINED.—In paragraph (1), the term ‘non-
voting election technology’ means technology used 
in the administration of elections for Federal of-
fice which is not used directly in the casting, 
counting, tabulating, or collecting of ballots or 
votes, including each of the following: 
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‘‘(i) Electronic pollbooks or other sys-
tems used to check in voters at a polling 
place or verify a voter’s identification. 
‘‘(ii) Election result reporting systems. 
‘‘(iii) Electronic ballot delivery sys-
tems. 
‘‘(iv) Online voter registration systems. 
‘‘(v) Polling place location search sys-
tems. 
‘‘(vi) Sample ballot portals. 
‘‘(vii) Signature systems. 
‘‘(viii) Such other technology as may 
be recommended for treatment as nonvoting 
election technology as the Standards Board 
may recommend.’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TIMING OF AU-
DITS.—It is the sense of Congress that post-election audits 
of the effectiveness and accuracy of the voting systems, elec-
tion procedures, and outcomes used to carry out an election 
for Federal office in a State and the performance of the 
State and local election officials who carried out the election 
are most effective when the audits are completed before the 
expiration of the period during which persons are author-
ized under State law to challenge the results of the election. 
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Union Calendar No. 385 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4555 
[Report No. 118–465] 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to 
allow the use of requirements payments to con-
duct a post-election audit with respect to an elec-
tion for Federal office in a State. 
APRIL 17, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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