Title: ESIA
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Election Systems Integrity Act or the ESIA
This bill directs each election service provider to submit to the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission (1) a report listing the identity of any foreign national who directly or indirectly owns or controls the election service provider and the percentage of such ownership, and (2) a notice of any material change in ownership or control of the election service provider.
If an election service provider fails to submit such a report, the Department of Justice may impose a civil fine of $10,000.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 823 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 823

    To require information sharing with respect to the ownership of 
                      election service providers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2019

Mr. Cardin (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                      on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require information sharing with respect to the ownership of 
                      election service providers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Election Systems Integrity Act'' or 
the ``ESIA''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING WITH RESPECT TO OWNERSHIP OF ELECTION 
              SERVICE PROVIDERS.

    (a) In General.--Each election service provider shall submit to the 
Secretary and the Commission the following:
            (1) Not later than the date that is 90 days after the later 
        of the date of the enactment of this section or the date that a 
        person first becomes an election service provider, a report 
        listing the identity of any foreign national (as defined in 
        section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
        U.S.C. 30121(b))) who directly or indirectly owns or controls 
        such election service provider, and the percentage of such 
        ownership.
            (2) Not later than 90 days after the date of any material 
        change in ownership or control of such election service 
        provider, a notice of such change and an update of any 
        information previously reported under paragraph (1).
    (b) Civil Penalty for Failure To Report.--If an election service 
provider fails to submit a report required under subsection (a), the 
Attorney General may, after notice and opportunity for hearing, impose 
a civil fine of $10,000.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Election 
        Assistance Commission.
            (2) Election service provider.--The term ``election service 
        provider'' means any person providing, supporting, or 
        maintaining an election system on behalf of an election agency, 
        such as a contractor or vendor.
            (3) Election system.--The term ``election system'' means a 
        voting system, an election management system, a voter 
        registration website or database, an electronic pollbook, a 
        system for tabulating or reporting election results, an 
        election agency communications system, or any other information 
        system (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States 
        Code) that the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, 
        identifies as central to the management, support, or 
        administration of a Federal election.
            (4) Federal election.--The term ``Federal election'' means 
        a general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office 
        of President or Vice President, or of a Senator or 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress that is conducted by an election agency.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.
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