No WIFI Act

Bill: 117-hr-1634
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Wireless Installations in Federal Instruments for Voting Act or the No WIFI Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a voting system used in a federal election from containing wireless components. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1634 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 8, 2021 Mr. Gibbs (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio , and Mrs. McClain ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit voting systems used to administer elections for Federal office from containing any wireless components.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Wireless Installations in Federal Instruments for Voting Act or the No WIFI Act . 2. Prohibiting voting systems from containing wireless components (a) Prohibition Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21081(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) Prohibiting wireless components The voting system may not contain any wireless components. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections held during 2022 or any succeeding year.