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‘‘(2) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later than 48 hours 
after conducting any general program to remove the 
names of ineligible voters from the official list of eli-
gible voters (as described in section 8(a)(4)), the 
State shall disseminate a public notice through such 
methods as may be reasonable to reach the general 
public (including by publishing the notice in a news-
paper of wide circulation or posting the notice on the 
websites of the appropriate election officials) that 
list maintenance is taking place and that registrants 
should check their registration status to ensure no 
errors or mistakes have been made. The State shall 
ensure that the public notice disseminated under this 
paragraph is in a format that is reasonably conven-
ient and accessible to voters with disabilities, includ-
ing voters who have low vision or are blind.’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSMISSION OF NOTICES OF 
REMOVAL.—Section 8(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
20507(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) A State may not transmit a notice to a 
registrant under this subsection unless the State ob-
tains objective and reliable evidence (in accordance 
with the standards for such evidence which are de-
scribed in section 8A(a)(2)) that the registrant has 
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changed residence to a place outside the registrar’s 
jurisdiction in which the registrant is registered.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 
1993.—Section 8(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
20507(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘pro-
vide’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, pro-
vide’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘con-
duct’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 8A, con-
duct’’. 
(2) HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002.—Section 
303(a)(4)(A) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘, registrants’’ and inserting ‘‘, and subject to sec-
tion 8A of such Act, registrants’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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Subtitle G—No Effect on Authority 
of States To Provide Greater 
Opportunities for Voting 
SEC. 2601. NO EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF STATES TO PRO-
VIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOT-
ING. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title may be construed to prohibit any State from enacting 
any law which provides greater opportunities for individ-
uals to register to vote and to vote in elections for Federal 
office than are provided by this title and the amendments 
made by this title. 
Subtitle H—Residence of 
Incarcerated Individuals 
SEC. 2701. RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g)(1) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial 
census of population, in taking any tabulation of total pop-
ulation by States under subsection (a) for purposes of the 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
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several States, the Secretary shall, with respect to an indi-
vidual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or munic-
ipal correctional center as of the date on which such cen-
sus is taken, attribute such individual to such individual’s 
last place of residence before incarceration. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
shall consult with each State department of corrections to 
collect the information necessary to make the determina-
tion required under paragraph (1).’’. 
Subtitle I—Findings Relating to 
Youth Voting 
SEC. 2801. FINDINGS RELATING TO YOUTH VOTING. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The right to vote is a fundamental right of 
citizens of the United States. 
(2) The twenty-sixth amendment of the United 
States Constitution guarantees that ‘‘The right of 
citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years 
of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or 
abridged by the United States or by any State on 
account of age.’’. 
(3) The twenty-sixth amendment of the United 
States Constitution grants Congress the power to 
enforce the amendment by appropriate legislation. 
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(4) The language of the twenty-sixth amend-
ment closely mirrors that of the fifteenth amend-
ment and the nineteenth amendment. Like those 
amendments, the twenty-sixth amendment not only 
prohibits denial of the right to vote but also pro-
hibits any actions that abridge the right to vote. 
(5) Youth voter suppression undercuts partici-
pation in our democracy by introducing arduous ob-
stacles to new voters and discouraging a culture of 
democratic engagement. 
(6) Voting is habit forming, and allowing youth 
voters unobstructed access to voting ensures that 
more Americans will start a life-long habit of voting 
as soon as possible. 
(7) Youth voter suppression is a clear, per-
sistent, and growing problem. The actions of States 
and political subdivisions resulting in at least four 
findings of twenty-sixth amendment violations as 
well as pending litigation demonstrate the need for 
Congress to take action to enforce the twenty-sixth 
amendment. 
(8) In League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc. 
v. Detzner (2018), the United States District Court 
in the Northern District of Florida found that the 
Secretary of State’s actions that prevented in-person 
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early voting sites from being located on university 
property revealed a stark pattern of discrimination 
that was unexplainable on grounds other than age 
and thus violated university students’ twenty-sixth 
Amendment rights. 
(9) In 2019, Michigan agreed to a settlement to 
enhance college-age voters’ access after a twenty- 
sixth amendment challenge was filed in federal 
court. The challenge prompted the removal of a 
Michigan voting law which required first time voters 
who registered by mail or through a third-party 
voter registration drive to vote in person for the first 
time, as well as the removal of another law which re-
quired the address listed on a voter’s driver license 
to match the address listed on their voter registra-
tion card. 
(10) Youth voter suppression tactics are often 
linked to other tactics aimed at minority voters. For 
example, students at Prairie View A&M University 
(PVAMU), a historically black university in Texas, 
have been the targets of voter suppression tactics for 
decades. Before the 2018 election, PVAMU students 
sued Waller County on the basis of both racial and 
age discrimination over the County’s failure to en-
sure equal early voting opportunities for students, 
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spurring the County to reverse course and expand 
early voting access for students. 
(11) The more than 25 million United States 
citizens ages 18-24 deserve equal opportunity to par-
ticipate in the electoral process as guaranteed by the 
twenty-sixth amendment. 
Subtitle J—Severability 
SEC. 2901. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this title or amendment made by 
this title, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this title and amendments made 
by this title, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
TITLE III—ELECTION SECURITY 
Sec. 3000. Short title; sense of Congress. 
Subtitle A—Financial Support for Election Infrastructure 
PART 1—VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS 
Sec. 3001. Grants for obtaining compliant paper ballot voting systems and car-
rying out voting system security improvements. 
Sec. 3002. Coordination of voting system security activities with use of require-
ments payments and election administration requirements 
under Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
Sec. 3003. Incorporation of definitions. 
PART 2—GRANTS FOR RISK-LIMITING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS 
Sec. 3011. Grants to States for conducting risk-limiting audits of results of 
elections. 
Sec. 3012. GAO analysis of effects of audits. 
PART 3—ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM 
Sec. 3021. Election infrastructure innovation grant program. 
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Subtitle B—Security Measures 
Sec. 3101. Election infrastructure designation. 
Sec. 3102. Timely threat information. 
Sec. 3103. Security clearance assistance for election officials. 
Sec. 3104. Security risk and vulnerability assessments. 
Sec. 3105. Annual reports. 
Sec. 3106. Pre-election threat assessments. 
Subtitle C—Enhancing Protections for United States Democratic Institutions 
Sec. 3201. National strategy to protect United States democratic institutions. 
Sec. 3202. National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institu-
tions. 
Subtitle D—Promoting Cybersecurity Through Improvements in Election 
Administration 
Sec. 3301. Testing of existing voting systems to ensure compliance with election 
cybersecurity guidelines and other guidelines. 
Sec. 3302. Treatment of electronic poll books as part of voting systems. 
Sec. 3303. Pre-election reports on voting system usage. 
Sec. 3304. Streamlining collection of election information. 
Sec. 3305. Exemption of cybersecurity assistance from limitations on amount of 
coordinated political party expenditures. 
Subtitle E—Preventing Election Hacking 
Sec. 3401. Short title. 
Sec. 3402. Election Security Bug Bounty Program. 
Subtitle F—Election Security Grants Advisory Committee 
Sec. 3501. Establishment of advisory committee. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 3601. Definitions. 
Sec. 3602. Initial report on adequacy of resources available for implementation. 
Subtitle H—Use of Voting Machines Manufactured in the United States 
Sec. 3701. Use of voting machines manufactured in the United States. 
Subtitle I—Study and Report on Bots 
Sec. 3801. Short title. 
Sec. 3802. Task Force. 
Sec. 3803. Study and Report. 
Subtitle J—Severability 
Sec. 3901. Severability. 
SEC. 3000. SHORT TITLE; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Election Security Act’’. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEED TO IMPROVE 
ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY.—It is the sense 
of Congress that, in light of the lessons learned from Rus-
sian interference in the 2016 Presidential election, the 
Federal Government should intensify its efforts to improve 
the security of election infrastructure in the United States, 
including through the use of individual, durable, paper 
ballots marked by the voter by hand. 
Subtitle A—Financial Support for 
Election Infrastructure 
PART 1—VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY 
IMPROVEMENT GRANTS 
SEC. 3001. GRANTS FOR OBTAINING COMPLIANT PAPER 
BALLOT VOTING SYSTEMS AND CARRYING 
OUT VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(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 1622(b), is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new part: 
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‘‘PART 8—GRANTS FOR OBTAINING COMPLIANT 
PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEMS AND CAR-
RYING OUT VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IM-
PROVEMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 298. GRANTS FOR OBTAINING COMPLIANT PAPER 
BALLOT VOTING SYSTEMS AND CARRYING 
OUT VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF GRANT.—The Com-
mission shall make a grant to each eligible State— 
‘‘(1) to replace a voting system— 
‘‘(A) which does not meet the requirements 
which are first imposed on the State pursuant 
to the amendments made by the Voter Con-
fidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2021 
with a voting system which does meet such re-
quirements, for use in the regularly scheduled 
general elections for Federal office held in No-
vember 2022; or 
‘‘(B) which does meet such requirements 
but which is not in compliance with the most 
recent voluntary voting system guidelines issued 
by the Commission prior to the regularly sched-
uled general election for Federal office held in 
November 2022 with another system which does 
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meet such requirements and is in compliance 
with such guidelines; 
‘‘(2) to carry out voting system security im-
provements described in section 298A with respect 
to the regularly scheduled general elections for Fed-
eral office held in November 2022 and each suc-
ceeding election for Federal office; and 
‘‘(3) to implement and model best practices for 
ballot design, ballot instructions, and the testing of 
ballots. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a grant 
made to a State under this section shall be such amount 
as the Commission determines to be appropriate, except 
that such amount may not be less than the product of 
$1 and the average of the number of individuals who cast 
votes in any of the two most recent regularly scheduled 
general elections for Federal office held in the State. 
‘‘(c) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—If the amount of 
funds appropriated for grants under this part is insuffi-
cient to ensure that each State receives the amount of the 
grant calculated under subsection (b), the Commission 
shall make such pro rata reductions in such amounts as 
may be necessary to ensure that the entire amount appro-
priated under this part is distributed to the States. 
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‘‘(d) SURPLUS APPROPRIATIONS.—If the amount of 
funds appropriated for grants authorized under section 
298D(a)(2) exceed the amount necessary to meet the re-
quirements of subsection (b), the Commission shall con-
sider the following in making a determination to award 
remaining funds to a State: 
‘‘(1) The record of the State in carrying out the 
following with respect to the administration of elec-
tions for Federal office: 
‘‘(A) Providing voting machines that are 
less than 10 years old. 
‘‘(B) Implementing strong chain of custody 
procedures for the physical security of voting 
equipment and paper records at all stages of 
the process. 
‘‘(C) Conducting pre-election testing on 
every voting machine and ensuring that paper 
ballots are available wherever electronic ma-
chines are used. 
‘‘(D) Maintaining offline backups of voter 
registration lists. 
‘‘(E) Providing a secure voter registration 
database that logs requests submitted to the 
database. 
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‘‘(F) Publishing and enforcing a policy de-
tailing use limitations and security safeguards 
to protect the personal information of voters in 
the voter registration process. 
‘‘(G) Providing secure processes and proce-
dures for reporting vote tallies. 
‘‘(H) Providing a secure platform for dis-
seminating vote totals. 
‘‘(2) Evidence of established conditions of inno-
vation and reform in providing voting system secu-
rity and the proposed plan of the State for imple-
menting additional conditions. 
‘‘(3) Evidence of collaboration between relevant 
stakeholders, including local election officials, in de-
veloping the grant implementation plan described in 
section 298B. 
‘‘(4) The plan of the State to conduct a rig-
orous evaluation of the effectiveness of the activities 
carried out with the grant. 
‘‘(e) ABILITY OF REPLACEMENT SYSTEMS TO AD-
MINISTER RANKED CHOICE ELECTIONS.—To the greatest 
extent practicable, an eligible State which receives a grant 
to replace a voting system under this section shall ensure 
that the replacement system is capable of administering 
a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter 
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shall rank the candidates for the office in the order of 
the voter’s preference. 
‘‘SEC. 298A. VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS 
DESCRIBED. 
‘‘(a) PERMITTED USES.—A voting system security 
improvement described in this section is any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The acquisition of goods and services from 
qualified election infrastructure vendors by purchase, 
lease, or such other arrangements as may be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(2) Cyber and risk mitigation training. 
‘‘(3) A security risk and vulnerability assess-
ment of the State’s election infrastructure which is 
carried out by a provider of cybersecurity services 
under a contract entered into between the chief 
State election official and the provider. 
‘‘(4) The maintenance of election infrastruc-
ture, including addressing risks and vulnerabilities 
which are identified under either of the security risk 
and vulnerability assessments described in para-
graph (3), except that none of the funds provided 
under this part may be used to renovate or replace 
a building or facility which is used primarily for pur-
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poses other than the administration of elections for 
public office. 
‘‘(5) 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 designates as crit-
ical to the operation of the State’s election infra-
structure. 
‘‘(6) Enhancing the cybersecurity and oper-
ations of the information technology infrastructure 
described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(7) Enhancing the cybersecurity of voter reg-
istration systems. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE VEN-
DORS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, 
a ‘qualified election infrastructure vendor’ is any 
person who provides, supports, or maintains, or who 
seeks to provide, support, or maintain, election in-
frastructure on behalf of a State, unit of local gov-
ernment, or election agency (as defined in section 
3601 of the Election Security Act) who meets the 
criteria described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The criteria described in this 
paragraph are such criteria as the Chairman, in co-
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ordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall establish and publish, and shall include each of 
the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) The vendor must be owned and con-
trolled by a citizen or permanent resident of the 
United States. 
‘‘(B) The vendor must disclose to the 
Chairman and the Secretary, and to the chief 
State election official of any State to which the 
vendor provides any goods and services with 
funds provided under this part, of any sourcing 
outside the United States for parts of the elec-
tion infrastructure. 
‘‘(C) The vendor must disclose to the 
Chairman and the Secretary, and to the chief 
State election official of any State to which the 
vendor provides any goods and services with 
funds provided under this part, the identifica-
tion of any entity or individual with a more 
than five percent ownership interest in the ven-
dor. 
‘‘(D) The vendor agrees to ensure that the 
election infrastructure will be developed and 
maintained in a manner that is consistent with 
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the cybersecurity best practices issued by the 
Technical Guidelines Development Committee. 
‘‘(E) The vendor agrees to maintain its in-
formation technology infrastructure in a man-
ner that is consistent with the cybersecurity 
best practices issued by the Technical Guide-
lines Development Committee. 
‘‘(F) The vendor agrees to ensure that the 
election infrastructure will be developed and 
maintained in a manner that is consistent with 
the supply chain best practices issued by the 
Technical Guidelines Development Committee. 
‘‘(G) The vendor agrees to ensure that it 
has personnel policies and practices in place 
that are consistent with personnel best prac-
tices, including cybersecurity training and back-
ground checks, issued by the Technical Guide-
lines Development Committee. 
‘‘(H) The vendor agrees to ensure that the 
election infrastructure will be developed and 
maintained in a manner that is consistent with 
data integrity best practices, including require-
ments for encrypted transfers and validation, 
testing and checking printed materials for accu-
racy, and disclosure of quality control incidents, 
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issued by the Technical Guidelines Development 
Committee. 
‘‘(I) The vendor agrees to meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (3) with respect to 
any known or suspected cybersecurity incidents 
involving any of the goods and services provided 
by the vendor pursuant to a grant under this 
part. 
‘‘(J) The vendor agrees to permit inde-
pendent security testing by the Commission (in 
accordance with section 231(a)) and by the Sec-
retary of the goods and services provided by the 
vendor pursuant to a grant under this part. 
‘‘(3) CYBERSECURITY
INCIDENT
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A vendor meets the 
requirements of this paragraph if, upon becom-
ing aware of the possibility that an election cy-
bersecurity incident has occurred involving any 
of the goods and services provided by the ven-
dor pursuant to a grant under this part— 
‘‘(i) the vendor promptly assesses 
whether or not such an incident occurred, 
and submits a notification meeting the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B) to the 
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in such form as the Commission may require, an applica-
tion containing— 
‘‘(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 298A; and 
‘‘(3) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
‘‘SEC. 298C. 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. 298D. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for grants under this part— 
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‘‘(1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
‘‘(2) $175,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2022, 2024, 2026, and 2028. 
‘‘(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, as amended by section 1622(c), is amended 
by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D 
of title II the following: 
‘‘PART 8—GRANTS FOR OBTAINING COMPLIANT PAPER BALLOT VOTING 
SYSTEMS AND CARRYING OUT VOTING SYSTEM SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS 
‘‘Sec. 298. Grants for obtaining compliant paper ballot voting systems and 
carrying out voting system security improvements. 
‘‘Sec. 298A. Voting system security improvements described. 
‘‘Sec. 298B. Eligibility of States. 
‘‘Sec. 298C. Reports to Congress. 
‘‘Sec. 298D. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
SEC. 3002. 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— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘by’’ and inserting ‘‘and the security of 
election infrastructure by’’; and 
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(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘, and the 
development, maintenance and dissemination of cy-
bersecurity guidelines to identify vulnerabilities that 
could lead to, protect against, detect, respond to and 
recover from cybersecurity incidents;’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY ON BOARD OF ADVISORS OF ELECTION ASSIST-
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: 
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‘‘(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 
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)), as amended by section 
1061(a)(2), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(5) 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 
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-
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