Election Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-5011
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2018-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Buy American requirements
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: 

Election Security Act

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research and development directed at improving the security and reliability of election infrastructure.
 
The bill also (1) requires the President to develop a national strategy to protect against attacks on U.S. democratic institutions, and (2) establishes the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Introduced in House