(3) COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE 
FOR DEVELOPING STATE PLAN FOR USE OF PAY-
MENTS.—Section 255 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
21005) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.—The mem-
bers of the committee shall be a representative group of 
individuals from the State’s counties, cities, towns, and 
Indian tribes, and shall represent the needs of rural as 
well as urban areas of the State, as the case may be.’’. 
(f) ENSURING
PROTECTION
OF
COMPUTERIZED 
STATEWIDE
VOTER
REGISTRATION
LIST.—Section 
303(a)(3) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(3)) is amend-
ed by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, as 
well as other measures to prevent and deter cybersecurity 
incidents, as identified by the Commission, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and the Technical Guidelines De-
velopment Committee.’’. 
SEC. 113. INCORPORATION OF DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 901. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘cybersecurity incident’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘incident’ in section 227 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘election infrastructure’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3501 of the 
Election Security Act. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by amending the item relating to 
section 901 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 901. Definitions.’’. 
Subtitle B—Grants for Risk-Lim-
iting Audits of Results of Elec-
tions 
SEC. 121. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CONDUCTING RISK-LIM-
ITING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF GRANTS.—Subtitle D of title 
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
21001 et seq.), as amended by section 111(a), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new part: 
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‘‘PART 8—GRANTS FOR CONDUCTING RISK- 
LIMITING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS 
‘‘SEC. 298. GRANTS FOR CONDUCTING RISK-LIMITING AU-
DITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF GRANTS.—The Commission 
shall make a grant to each eligible State to conduct risk- 
limiting audits as described in subsection (b) with respect 
to the regularly scheduled general elections for Federal of-
fice held in November 2020 and each succeeding election 
for Federal office. 
‘‘(b) RISK-LIMITING AUDITS DESCRIBED.—In this 
part, a ‘risk-limiting audit’ is a post-election process— 
‘‘(1) which is conducted in accordance with 
rules and procedures established by the chief State 
election official of the State which meet the require-
ments of subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) under which, if the reported outcome of 
the election is incorrect, there is at least a predeter-
mined percentage chance that the audit will replace 
the incorrect outcome with the correct outcome as 
determined by a full, hand-to-eye tabulation of all 
votes validly cast in that election that ascertains 
voter intent manually and directly from voter- 
verifiable paper records. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RULES
AND
PROCE-
DURES.—The rules and procedures established for con-
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ducting a risk-limiting audit shall include the following 
elements: 
‘‘(1) Rules for ensuring the security of ballots 
and documenting that prescribed procedures were 
followed. 
‘‘(2) Rules and procedures for ensuring the ac-
curacy of ballot manifests produced by election agen-
cies. 
‘‘(3) Rules and procedures for governing the 
format of ballot manifests, cast vote records, and 
other data involved in the audit. 
‘‘(4) Methods to ensure that any cast vote 
records used in the audit are those used by the vot-
ing system to tally the election results sent to the 
chief State election official and made public. 
‘‘(5) Procedures for the random selection of 
ballots to be inspected manually during each audit. 
‘‘(6) Rules for the calculations and other meth-
ods to be used in the audit and to determine wheth-
er and when the audit of an election is complete. 
‘‘(7) Procedures and requirements for testing 
any software used to conduct risk-limiting audits. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this part, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘ballot manifest’ means a record 
maintained by each election agency that meets each 
of the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) The record is created without reliance 
on any part of the voting system used to tab-
ulate votes. 
‘‘(B) The record functions as a sampling 
frame for conducting a risk-limiting audit. 
‘‘(C) The record contains the following in-
formation with respect to the ballots cast and 
counted in the election: 
‘‘(i) The total number of ballots cast 
and counted by the agency (including 
undervotes, overvotes, and other invalid 
votes). 
‘‘(ii) The total number of ballots cast 
in each election administered by the agency 
(including undervotes, overvotes, and other 
invalid votes). 
‘‘(iii) A precise description of the 
manner in which the ballots are physically 
stored, including the total number of phys-
ical groups of ballots, the numbering sys-
tem for each group, a unique label for each 
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group, and the number of ballots in each 
such group. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘incorrect outcome’ means an 
outcome that differs from the outcome that would be 
determined by a full tabulation of all votes validly 
cast in the election, determining voter intent manu-
ally, directly from voter-verifiable paper records. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘outcome’ means the winner of 
an election, whether a candidate or a position. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘reported outcome’ means the 
outcome of an election which is determined accord-
ing to the canvass and which will become the official, 
certified outcome unless it is revised by an audit, re-
count, or other legal process. 
‘‘SEC. 298A. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES. 
‘‘A State is eligible to receive a grant under this part 
if the State submits to the Commission, at such time and 
in such form as the Commission may require, an applica-
tion containing— 
‘‘(1) a certification that, not later than 5 years 
after receiving the grant, the State will conduct risk- 
limiting audits of the results of elections for Federal 
office held in the State as described in section 298; 
‘‘(2) a certification that, not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
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Subtitle C—Election Infrastructure 
Innovation Grant Program 
SEC. 
131. 
ELECTION 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
INNOVATION 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second section 319 (re-
lating to EMP and GMD mitigation research and 
development) as section 320; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 
321. 
ELECTION 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
INNOVATION 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 
in coordination with the Chairman of the Election Assist-
ance Commission (established pursuant to the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002) and in consultation with the Direc-
tor of the National Science Foundation and the Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
shall establish a competitive grant program to award 
grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, for pur-
poses of research and development that are determined to 
have the potential to significantly improve the security (in-
cluding cybersecurity), quality, reliability, accuracy, acces-
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sibility, and affordability of election infrastructure, and in-
crease voter participation. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the conclusion of each fiscal year for which grants 
are awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate a report describing such 
grants and analyzing the impact, if any, of such grants 
on the security and operation of election infrastructure, 
and on voter participation. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2027 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(1) an institution of higher education (as de-
fined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), including an institu-
tion of higher education that is a historically Black 
college or university (which has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘part B institution’’ in section 322 of such 
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Act (20 U.S.C. 1061)) or other minority-serving in-
stitution listed in section 371(a) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1067q(a)); 
‘‘(2) an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; 
or 
‘‘(3) an organization, association, or a for-profit 
company, including a small business concern (as 
such term is defined under section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), including a small 
business concern owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals as de-
fined under section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 2 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(20) as paragraphs (7) through (21), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘election infrastructure’ means storage facilities, 
polling places, and centralized vote tabulation loca-
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tions used to support the administration of elections 
for public office, as well as related information and 
communications technology, including voter registra-
tion databases, voting machines, electronic mail and 
other communications systems (including electronic 
mail and other systems of vendors 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 election results on behalf 
of an election agency.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by striking both items relating to section 319 
and the item relating to section 318 and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Social media working group. 
‘‘Sec. 319. Transparency in research and development. 
‘‘Sec. 320. EMP and GMD mitigation research and development. 
‘‘Sec. 321. Election infrastructure innovation grant program.’’. 
TITLE II—SECURITY MEASURES 
SEC. 201. ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNATION. 
Subparagraph (J) of section 2001(3) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601(3)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, including election infrastructure’’ before 
the period at the end. 
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SEC. 202. TIMELY THREAT INFORMATION. 
Subsection (d) of section 201 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(24) To provide timely threat information re-
garding election infrastructure to the chief State 
election official of the State with respect to which 
such information pertains.’’. 
SEC. 203. SECURITY CLEARANCE ASSISTANCE FOR ELEC-
TION OFFICIALS. 
In order to promote the timely sharing of information 
on threats to election infrastructure, the Secretary may— 
(1) help expedite a security clearance for the 
chief State election official and other appropriate 
State personnel involved in the administration of 
elections, as designated by the chief State election 
official; 
(2) sponsor a security clearance for the chief 
State election official and other appropriate State 
personnel involved in the administration of elections, 
as designated by the chief State election official; and 
(3) facilitate the issuance of a temporary clear-
ance to the chief State election official and other ap-
propriate State personnel involved in the administra-
tion of elections, as designated by the chief State 
election official, if the Secretary determines classi-
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