TITLE VII—USE OF VOTING MA-
CHINES MANUFACTURED IN 
THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 701. USE OF VOTING MACHINES MANUFACTURED IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21081(a)), as amended by section 104 and sec-
tion 105, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) VOTING
MACHINE
REQUIREMENTS.—By 
not later than the date of the regularly scheduled 
general election for Federal office occurring in No-
vember 2022, each State shall seek to ensure that 
any voting machine used in such election and in any 
subsequent election for Federal office is manufac-
tured in the United States.’’. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
Except as provided in section 503, in this Act, the 
following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘Chairman’’ means the chair of 
the Election Assistance Commission. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committees on Homeland Secu-
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rity and House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committees on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs and Rules and Ad-
ministration of the Senate. 
(3) 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. 
(4) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Election 
Assistance Commission. 
(5) The term ‘‘democratic institutions’’ means 
the diverse range of institutions that are essential to 
ensuring an independent judiciary, free and fair elec-
tions, and rule of law. 
(6) 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. 
(7) 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. 
(8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Homeland Security. 
(9) 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). 
SEC. 802. INITIAL REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF RESOURCES 
AVAILABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Chairman and the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the appropriate committees of Congress, including the 
Committees on Homeland Security and House Adminis-
tration of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, analyzing the adequacy of the funding, re-
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sources, and personnel available to carry out this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act. 
TITLE IX—SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 901. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this Act and amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
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