SEC. 2. REQUIRING POST-ELECTION AUDITS OF ELECTIONS 
FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle A of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306; and 
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. POST-ELECTION AUDITS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each State shall conduct an 
audit of the results of each regularly scheduled general 
election for Federal office held in the State and submit 
the audit to the Commission. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF AUDIT.—The audit conducted 
under this section with respect to an election shall include 
an audit of the accuracy of the voting systems used to 
carry out the election, together with an assessment of the 
extent to which the State administered the election in com-
pliance with applicable laws, rules, and procedures, includ-
ing laws, rules, and procedures governing requirements for 
voter identification, the accuracy of voter registration lists, 
the use of absentee and mail-in voting, the effectiveness 
of the methods used by the State to ensure that voters 
with disabilities were able to cast ballots, the use of provi-
sional ballots, and the timing of the tabulation of ballots. 
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‘‘(c) USE OF DESIGNATED ENTITY.—A State shall 
conduct the audit under this section through an entity des-
ignated by the State for purposes of this section which 
meets such requirements as the State may provide. 
‘‘(d) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—The appropriate 
State and local election officials shall provide the entity 
conducting an audit under this section with such informa-
tion and assistance as the entity may require to conduct 
the audit in accordance with the deadline described in sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(e) DISSEMINATION OF AUDITS.— 
‘‘(1) INCLUSION IN SURVEY.—The State shall 
include the audit of the results of an election under 
this section in the Election Administration and Vot-
ing Survey the State submits to the Commission 
with respect to the election. 
‘‘(2) ONLINE AVAILABILITY.—Each State shall 
make the audits it conducts under this section pub-
licly available on a website of the State in a search-
able and sortable electronic manner. 
‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to the regularly scheduled general elections 
for Federal office held in November 2022 and each suc-
ceeding regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
office.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO VOL-
UNTARY GUIDANCE OF COMMISSION.— 
(1) INCLUSION
OF
RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR 
BEST
PRACTICES.—Section 311 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 21101) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (b) and 
(c) as subsections (c) and (d); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GUIDANCE RE-
LATING TO POST-ELECTION AUDITS.—In the case of the 
recommendations with respect to the requirement under 
section 304 to conduct post-election audits, the following 
shall apply: 
‘‘(1) Notwithstanding section 212, the Election 
Assistance Commission Standards Board under part 
2 of subtitle A of title II shall develop the rec-
ommendations directly. 
‘‘(2) The Standards Board shall include in the 
recommendations best practices for conducting the 
audits required under section 304. 
‘‘(3) The Standards Board shall include as part 
of such best practices— 
‘‘(A) a recommendation that the entity 
conducting the audits is bipartisan; and 
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‘‘(B) a recommendation that, in the case of 
an election for the office of Senator or Rep-
resentative in Congress (including an election 
for the office of Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress), the State complete the 
audit of the results of the election not later 
than 30 days after the State certifies the re-
sults of the election.’’. 
(2) TIMING.—Subsection (c) of section 311 of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21101), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) in the case of the recommendations with 
respect to section 304, January 1, 2022.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 302, and 303’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title III’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 
306; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Post-election audits.’’. 
SEC. 3. ATTESTATIONS OF INTEGRITY OF VOTER IDENTI-
FICATION PROCEDURES AND VOTER REG-
ISTRATION LIST MAINTENANCE. 
(a) REQUIRING ATTESTATIONS.—Subtitle A of title 
III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
21081 et seq.), as amended by section 2(a), is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 
sections 306 and 307; and 
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 305. ATTESTATIONS OF INTEGRITY OF PROCEDURES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each State shall include in the 
Policy Survey submitted to the Commission with respect 
to a regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
the following attestations: 
‘‘(1) An attestation that the State has in effect 
voter identification procedures and practices which 
will ensure the integrity and security of the election 
by providing a secure method to match voters with 
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