‘‘(ii) The date, time, and time zone 
when the election cybersecurity incident 
was detected. 
‘‘(iii) The date, time, and duration of 
the election cybersecurity incident. 
‘‘(iv) The circumstances of the elec-
tion cybersecurity incident, including the 
specific election infrastructure systems be-
lieved to have been accessed and informa-
tion acquired, if any. 
‘‘(v) Any planned and implemented 
technical measures to respond to and re-
cover from the incident. 
‘‘(vi) In the case of any notification 
which is an update to a prior notification, 
any additional material information relat-
ing to the incident, including technical 
data, as it becomes available. 
‘‘SEC. 297B. 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— 
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‘‘(1) a description of how the State will use the 
grant to carry out the activities authorized under 
this part; 
‘‘(2) a certification and assurance that, not 
later than 5 years after receiving the grant, the 
State will carry out risk-limiting audits and will 
carry out voting system security improvements, as 
described in section 297A; and 
‘‘(3) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
‘‘SEC. 297C. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal 
year, the Commission shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees, including the Committees 
on Homeland Security, House Administration, and the Ju-
diciary of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
Judiciary, and Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
on the activities carried out with the funds provided under 
this part. 
‘‘SEC. 297D. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for grants under this part— 
‘‘(1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 
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‘‘(2) $175,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2020, 2022, 2024, and 2026. 
‘‘(b) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Any 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
this section shall remain available until expended.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to subtitle D of title II the following: 
‘‘PART 7—GRANTS FOR OBTAINING COMPLIANT PAPER BALLOT VOTING 
SYSTEMS AND CARRYING OUT VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS 
‘‘Sec. 297. Grants for obtaining compliant paper ballot voting systems and 
carrying out voting system security improvements. 
‘‘Sec. 297A. Voting system security improvements described. 
‘‘Sec. 297B. Eligibility of States. 
‘‘Sec. 297C. Reports to Congress. 
‘‘Sec. 297D. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 112. COORDINATION OF VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY 
ACTIVITIES WITH USE OF REQUIREMENTS 
PAYMENTS AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
REQUIREMENTS 
UNDER 
HELP 
AMERICA 
VOTE ACT OF 2002. 
(a) DUTIES
OF ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMIS-
SION.—Section 202 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 20922) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘by’’ and inserting ‘‘and the se-
curity of election infrastructure by’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY ON BOARD OF ADVISORS OF ELECTION ASSIST-
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ANCE COMMISSION.—Section 214(a) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20944(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘37 members’’ and inserting 
‘‘38 members’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(17) The Secretary of Homeland Security or 
the Secretary’s designee.’’. 
(c) REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY ON TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOP-
MENT COMMITTEE.—Section 221(c)(1) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20961(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) A representative of the Department 
of Homeland Security.’’. 
(d) GOALS OF PERIODIC STUDIES OF ELECTION AD-
MINISTRATION ISSUES; CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Section 241(a) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 20981(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘the Commission shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
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Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security (as appropriate), shall’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) will be secure against attempts to under-
mine the integrity of election systems by cyber or 
other means; and’’. 
(e) REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS.— 
(1) USE OF PAYMENTS FOR VOTING SYSTEM 
SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Section 251(b) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) PERMITTING USE OF PAYMENTS FOR VOT-
ING
SYSTEM
SECURITY
IMPROVEMENTS.—A State 
may use a requirements payment to carry out any 
of the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Cyber and risk mitigation training. 
‘‘(B) Providing increased technical support 
for any information technology infrastructure 
that the chief State election official deems to be 
part of the State’s election infrastructure or 
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designates as critical to the operation of the 
State’s election infrastructure. 
‘‘(C) Enhancing the cybersecurity and op-
erations of the information technology infra-
structure described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(D) Enhancing the security of voter reg-
istration databases.’’. 
(2) INCORPORATION
OF
ELECTION
INFRA-
STRUCTURE PROTECTION IN STATE PLANS FOR USE 
OF PAYMENTS.—Section 254(a)(1) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 21004(a)(1)) is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, including the protec-
tion of election infrastructure.’’. 
(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 
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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: 
‘‘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 agency’ means any com-
ponent of a State, or any component of a unit of 
local government in a State, which is responsible for 
the administration of elections for Federal office in 
the State. 
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‘‘(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 
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 ‘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.’’. 
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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: 
‘‘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 
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‘‘(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-
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. 
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‘‘(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: 
‘‘(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). 
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