fied information to be timely and relevant to the 
election infrastructure of the State at issue. 
SEC. 204. SECURITY RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESS-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 2209(c) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659(c)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(including by carrying out a se-
curity risk and vulnerability assessment)’’ after ‘‘risk 
management support’’. 
(b) PRIORITIZATION TO ENHANCE ELECTION SECU-
RITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
receiving a written request from a chief State elec-
tion official, the Secretary shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, commence a security risk and vulnerability 
assessment (pursuant to paragraph (6) of section 
2209(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by subsection (a)) on election infrastruc-
ture in the State at issue. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary, upon re-
ceipt of a request described in paragraph (1), deter-
mines that a security risk and vulnerability assess-
ment cannot be commenced within 90 days, the Sec-
retary shall expeditiously notify the chief State elec-
tion official who submitted such request. 
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SEC. 205. ANNUAL REPORTS. 
(a) REPORTS ON ASSISTANCE AND ASSESSMENTS.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and annually thereafter through 2026, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees— 
(1) efforts to carry out section 203 during the 
prior year, including specific information on which 
States were helped, how many officials have been 
helped in each State, how many security clearances 
have been sponsored in each State, and how many 
temporary clearances have been issued in each State; 
and 
(2) efforts to carry out section 204 during the 
prior year, including specific information on which 
States were helped, the dates on which the Secretary 
received a request for a security risk and vulner-
ability assessment pursuant to such section, the 
dates on which the Secretary commenced each such 
request, and the dates on which the Secretary trans-
mitted a notification in accordance with subsection 
(b)(2) of such section. 
(b) REPORTS
ON FOREIGN THREATS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning 
with fiscal year 2019), the Secretary and the Director of 
National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of 
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appropriate offices of the Federal government, shall sub-
mit a joint report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on foreign threats to elections in the United 
States, including physical and cybersecurity threats. 
(c) INFORMATION FROM STATES.—For purposes of 
preparing the reports required under this section, the Sec-
retary shall solicit and consider information and comments 
from States and election agencies, except that the provi-
sion of such information and comments by a State or elec-
tion agency shall be voluntary and at the discretion of the 
State or agency. 
SEC. 206. PRE-ELECTION THREAT ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF ASSESSMENT
BY DNI.—Not 
later than 180 days before the date of each regularly 
scheduled general election for Federal office, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit an assessment of the 
full scope of threats to election infrastructure, including 
cybersecurity threats posed by state actors and terrorist 
groups, and recommendations to address or mitigate the 
threats, as developed by the Secretary and Chairman, to— 
(1) the chief State election official of each 
State; 
(2) the Committees on Homeland Security and 
House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committees on Homeland Security and 
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Governmental Affairs and Rules and Administration 
of the Senate; and 
(3) any other appropriate congressional com-
mittees. 
(b) UPDATES TO INITIAL ASSESSMENTS.—If, at any 
time after submitting an assessment with respect to an 
election under subsection (a), the Director of National In-
telligence determines that the assessment should be up-
dated to reflect new information regarding the threats in-
volved, the Director shall submit a revised assessment 
under such subsection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chairman’’ means the chair of 
the Election Assistance Commission. 
(2) The term ‘‘chief State election official’’ 
means, with respect to a State, the individual des-
ignated by the State under section 10 of the Na-
tional Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20509) to be responsible for coordination of the 
State’s responsibilities under such Act. 
(3) The term ‘‘election infrastructure’’ means 
storage facilities, polling places, and centralized vote 
tabulation locations used to support the administra-
tion of elections for public office, as well as related 
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information and communications technology, includ-
ing voter registration databases, voting machines, 
electronic mail and other communications systems 
(including electronic mail and other systems of ven-
dors who have entered into contracts with election 
agencies to support the administration of elections, 
manage the election process, and report and display 
election results), and other systems used to manage 
the election process and to report and display elec-
tion results on behalf of an election agency. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
(5) The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 901 of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This title shall apply with re-
spect to the regularly scheduled general election for Fed-
eral office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
regularly scheduled general election for Federal office. 
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