Election Security Assessments Act

Bill: 116-hr-8697
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Congressional oversight

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

State and local government operations

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Election Security Assessments Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to prepare an annual assessment on the threats to election infrastructure and recommendations to address such threats. The ODNI shall provide this annual assessment to Congress and the office of the chief election official of each state. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8697 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 27, 2020 Miss Rice of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence A BILL To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to State election officials and Congress annual reports on pre-election threats for general elections for Federal office.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Election Security Assessments Act . 2. Annual reports on pre-election threats Not later than January 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit an assessment of the full scope of threats to election infrastructure, including cybersecurity threats posed by State actors and terrorist groups, and recommendations to address or mitigate the threats, as developed by the Secretary and Chairman, to— (1) the chief State election official of each State; (2) the Committees on Homeland Security and House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Rules and Administration of the Senate; and (3) any other appropriate congressional committees.