Title: A bill to disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This bill requires each chief state election official to disclose to the Election Assistance Commission the identity of any foreign national known by that official to have (1) physically handled either ballots used in an election for federal office or voting machines, (2) had unmonitored access to a storage facility or centralized voting-tabulation location used to support an election, or (3) had unmonitored access to election-related information or communications technology.
It also requires the official to make the disclosure within 30 days of becoming aware of such activity.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2656 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2656

  To disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 22, 2019

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals.

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

SECTION 1. DISCLOSURE OF ACCESS TO ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE BY FOREIGN 
              NATIONALS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 303A. DISCLOSURE OF ACCESS TO ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE BY FOREIGN 
              NATIONALS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each chief State election official shall 
disclose to the Commission the identity of any foreign national known 
by the chief State election official--
            ``(1) to have physically handled--
                    ``(A) ballots used in an election for Federal 
                office; or
                    ``(B) voting machines; or
            ``(2) to have had unmonitored access to--
                    ``(A) a storage facility or centralized vote 
                tabulation location used to support the administration 
                of an election for public office; or
                    ``(B) election-related information or 
                communications technology, including voter registration 
                databases, voting machines, electronic mail and other 
                communications systems (including electronic mail and 
                other systems of vendors 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 election results on behalf of an 
                election agency.
    ``(b) Timing.--The chief State election official shall make the 
disclosure under subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date 
on which such official becomes aware of an activity described in such 
subsection.
    ``(c) Foreign National Defined.--The term `foreign national' has 
the meaning given that term in section 319 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--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''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 303A. Disclosure of access to election infrastructure by foreign 
                            nationals.''.
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