I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1474 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit a pre-election 
threat assessment prior to each regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2019 
Ms. SPANBERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
A BILL 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
a pre-election threat assessment prior to each regularly 
scheduled general election for Federal office, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Strengthening Elec-
tions Through Intelligence Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRE-ELECTION THREAT ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF ASSESSMENT
BY DNI.—Not 
later than 180 days before the date of each regularly 
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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 
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: 
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(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 
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. 
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