Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act

Bill: 115-s-3311
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-07-31
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of &quot; protected computer,&quot; for purposes of computer fraud and abuse offenses, to include a computer that is part of a voting system.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3311 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2018 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Graham , and Mr. Whitehouse ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interference with voting systems under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act . 2. Prohibition on interference with voting systems Section 1030(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (B), by adding or at the end; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) that— (i) is part of a voting system; and (ii) (I) is used for the management, support, or administration of a Federal election; or (II) has moved in or otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce; ; (2) in paragraph (11), by striking and at the end; (3) in paragraph (12), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (13) the term Federal election means any election (as defined in section 301(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101(1) )) for Federal office (as defined in section 301(3) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101(3) )); and (14) the term voting system has the meaning given the term in section 301(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(b) ). .