113 HR 5741 IH: Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-11-19
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1.Short title; Table of Contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Promoting Accuracy, Integrity, and Security Through Voter-verified Permanent Paper Ballot
Sec. 101. Paper ballot and manual counting requirements.
Sec. 102. Accessibility and ballot verification for individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 103. Additional voting system requirements.
Sec. 104. Availability of additional funding to enable States to meet costs of revised
requirements.
Sec. 105. Effective date for new requirements.
Title II—Enhancement of Enforcement
Sec. 201. Enhancement of enforcement of Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Title III—Requirement for Mandatory Manual Audits by Hand Count
Sec. 301. Mandatory manual audits.
Sec. 321. Requiring audits of results of elections.
Sec. 322. Number of ballots counted under audit.
Sec. 323. Process for administering audits.
Sec. 324. Selection of precincts.
Sec. 325. Publication of results.
Sec. 326. Payments to States.
Sec. 327. Exception for elections subject to recount under State law prior to certification.
Sec. 328. Effective date.
Sec. 302. Availability of enforcement under Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Sec. 303. Guidance on best practices for alternative audit mechanisms.
Sec. 304. Clerical amendment.
Title IV—Repeal of Exemption of Election Assistance Commission From Certain Government Contracting
Requirements
Sec. 401. Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting
requirements.
Title V—Effective Date
Sec. 501. Effective date.
<enum>I</enum><header>Promoting accuracy, integrity, and security through voter-verified permanent paper ballot</header>
<section id="H07F8564798C94B4F984A466FBA1A59A9"><enum>101.</enum><header>Paper Ballot and Manual Counting Requirements</header>
<subsection id="H3C8EAFC5457540909DE1910E5173DBC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3CCF14AC7ECE4E1C9929D71C3E7E13D7">
<paragraph id="HDE7A89C70CDC40A8824EBABE44BE917B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Paper ballot requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H00CBA3AE34F744CCA7B617CD5E458D65"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Voter-verified paper ballots</header>
<clause id="H27CBC9E7AC1D47A7912C339E2FB03668"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Paper ballot requirement</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HADC64D2CD215492D82B91DAE60C8ED1B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The voting system shall require the use of an individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballot of
the voter’s vote that shall be marked and made available for inspection
and verification by the voter before the voter’s vote is cast and counted,
and which shall be counted by hand or read by an optical scanner or other
counting device. For purposes of this subclause, the term <term>individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballot</term> means a paper ballot marked by the voter by hand or a paper ballot marked through the use of a
nontabulating ballot marking device or system, so long as the voter shall
have the option to mark his or her ballot by hand.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H18A651D668FD42B993F60F59DDDD3B6F" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any error on the paper
ballot before the permanent voter-verified paper ballot is preserved in
accordance with clause (ii).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1EBE0BDF098647B1945E7242AA418DB9" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The voting system shall not preserve the voter-verified paper ballots in any manner that makes it
possible, at any time after the ballot has been cast, to associate a voter
with the record of the voter’s vote without the voter’s consent.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD18562FF5D4B4567A343A9BB83FFAA5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Preservation as official record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballot used in accordance with clause (i) shall
constitute the official ballot and shall be preserved and used as the
official ballot for purposes of any recount or audit conducted with
respect to any election for Federal office in which the voting system is
used.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8B7A164986E44F46B31F43ED153A5664"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Manual counting requirements for recounts and audits</header>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB4FE92B0EF1C480C91ED48C4944E4415"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Each paper ballot used pursuant to clause (i) shall be suitable for a manual audit, and shall be
counted by hand in any recount or audit conducted with respect to any
election for Federal office.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H03CE4860F3464A69BE8297526F398CE9" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event of any inconsistencies or irregularities between any electronic vote tallies and the
vote tallies determined by counting by hand the individual, durable,
voter-verified, paper ballots used pursuant to clause (i), and subject to
subparagraph (B), the individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballots
shall be the true and correct record of the votes cast.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC2AD361FB3DA490C823148DD1910C196"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Application to all ballots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements of this subparagraph shall apply to all ballots cast in elections for Federal
office, including ballots cast by absent uniformed services voters and
overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act and other absentee voters.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA230EC69A4A143E3A1F9B5304AF3FA17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for treatment of disputes when paper ballots have been shown to be compromised</header>
<clause id="H29445D3E75C84321A818221DC78749E0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the event that—</text>
<subclause id="H753A2A7687D64F4BB72DFB36A0386E63"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is any inconsistency between any electronic vote tallies and the vote tallies determined by
counting by hand the individual, durable, voter-verified, paper ballots
used pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) with respect to any election for
Federal office; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8220E4CE6E09461FBFEECE2B3326D0FE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence (as determined in accordance with the
applicable standards in the jurisdiction involved) in any recount, audit,
or contest of the result of the election that the paper ballots have been
compromised (by damage or mischief or otherwise) and that a sufficient
number of the ballots have been so compromised that the result of the
election could be changed,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">the determination of the appropriate remedy with respect to the election shall be made in
accordance with applicable State law, except that the electronic tally
shall not be used as the exclusive basis for determining the official
certified result.</continuation-text></clause><clause id="H2773D99524C643448974BA37D438E5CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rule for consideration of ballots associated with each voting machine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of clause (i), only the paper ballots deemed compromised, if any, shall be considered
in the calculation of whether or not the result of the election could be
changed due to the compromised paper ballots.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC21C895EE0114F3EB577C268B2A74FC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment clarifying applicability of alternative language accessibility</header><text>Section 301(a)(4) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(including the paper ballots required to be used under paragraph (2))</quote> after <quote>voting system</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H404CB26E46D04258A9DDDC812E03F72D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other conforming amendments</header><text>Section 301(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEEE0D1DEF6014A73B8575E9B40C31B82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>counted</quote> and inserting <quote>counted, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4D55ADF693F4ACB93619CF8610AFD41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>counted</quote> and inserting <quote>counted, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54206FF62F2C4E0B86DFFDE8F39EEE32"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>counted</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>counted, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F249E79621A49749CA788824E31E16D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>counted</quote> and inserting <quote>counted, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HBA73551DBA464BD68A9F7476D15BBFCA"><enum>102.</enum><header>Accessibility and Ballot Verification for Individuals With Disabilities</header>
<subsection id="H0146CB8DC9A746C6AFF5CEB958069F30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 301(a)(3)(B) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H0626D9DF97B741F8AA25F637DF127679"><enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6AB908BB463546C6A1574D98EE8518E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfy the requirement of subparagraph (A) through the use of at least one voting system equipped
for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual and enhanced visual
accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, and nonmanual and
enhanced manual accessibility for the mobility and dexterity impaired, at
each polling place; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9BDD232E67724A749E449E2AB65E4D02" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) and paragraph (2)(A) by using a system that—</text>
<subclause id="H96DFC63D0BFB41449845CAADE9C09681"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allows the voter to privately and independently verify the permanent paper ballot through the
presentation, in accessible form, of the printed or marked vote selections
from the same printed or marked information that would be used for any
vote counting or auditing; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEAE9319A47644114A3B52B66C7EFB10B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allows the voter to privately and independently verify and cast the permanent paper ballot without
requiring the voter to manually handle the paper ballot; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3AE43BC57BE64F5B9E757C0F18B80178"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific requirement of study, testing, and development of accessible paper ballot verification
mechanisms</header>
<paragraph id="HC04114885306475A8E2470084802FA1F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study and reporting</header><text>Subtitle C of title II of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15381">42 U.S.C. 15381 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8517C0D6763E4FBCBED1B8412E5BF777"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating section 247 as section 248; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H421786C715224278BDEA49CEC11B4429"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after section 246 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50EC2994399B41328F04D0938A66D8D3" style="OLC">
<section id="HB904680B7ACF4F29A17B6AF537372BB4"><enum>247.</enum><header>Study and report on accessible paper ballot verification mechanisms</header>
<subsection id="HFE46FF0D7AA44AF6870D6DF645EB73D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study and Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall make grants to not fewer than 3 eligible
entities to study, test, and develop accessible paper ballot voting,
verification, and casting mechanisms and devices and best practices to
enhance the accessibility of paper ballot voting and verification
mechanisms for individuals with disabilities, for voters whose primary
language is not English, and for voters with difficulties in literacy,
including best practices for the mechanisms themselves and the processes
through which the mechanisms are used.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EFDB90101944D91870735E6EED4FCB9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An entity is eligible to receive a grant under this part if it submits to the Director (at such
time and in such form as the Director may require) an application
containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H514E2262F23D4DB28A94E50B0E95328A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifications that the entity shall specifically investigate enhanced methods or devices,
including non-electronic devices, that will assist such individuals and
voters in marking voter-verified paper ballots and presenting or
transmitting the information printed or marked on such ballots back to
such individuals and voters, and casting such ballots;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H208C812AFDD444A6B13C087279AEE215"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a certification that the entity shall complete the activities carried out with the grant not later
than December 31, 2016; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H423BB74CDEBF486BA427F260642D3AAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other information and certifications as the Director may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF2072D72C40C49A2885E2AF0AD886A87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of Technology</header><text>Any technology developed with the grants made under this section shall be treated as
non-proprietary and shall be made available to the public, including to
manufacturers of voting systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC97183C8B1C24EDFB79E7F468A7A564A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination With Grants for Technology Improvements</header><text>The Director shall carry out this section so that the activities carried out with the grants made
under subsection (a) are coordinated with the research conducted under the
grant program carried out by the Commission under section 271, to the
extent that the Director and Commission determine necessary to provide for
the advancement of accessible voting technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H73A8F421FAB2476884304FA00CC67F78"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE438498357814655AD58797074933ECE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7815FD012E0F457685FDED673F892B3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating the item relating to section 247 as relating to section 248; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE04043C0E8D5482E9DEC48B316EEAFC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after the item relating to section 246 the following new item:</text>
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 247. Study and report on accessible paper ballot verification mechanisms.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91FE437E47FE4268A201E53E3EA02B4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification of accessibility standards under voluntary voting system guidance</header><text>In adopting any voluntary guidance under subtitle B of title III of the Help America Vote Act with
respect to the accessibility of the paper ballot verification requirements
for individuals with disabilities, the Election Assistance Commission
shall include and apply the same accessibility standards applicable under
the voluntary guidance adopted for accessible voting systems under such
subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H58ECA99243C84CCCA9EBFAD4789C72ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permitting Use of Funds for Protection and Advocacy Systems To Support Actions To Enforce
Election-Related Disability Access</header><text>Section 292(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15462">42 U.S.C. 15462(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>; except that</quote> and all that follows and inserting a period.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8F205CC1BD1E4BDEBBFA3408E62B19F4"><enum>103.</enum><header>Additional Voting System Requirements</header>
<subsection id="H53CB621539484E52B020CC7BFC741475"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements described</header><text>Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H341D28DF60E34275950B5C6E983B0792" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H78878C60F9154ACD9DA08A09E79255C5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Prohibiting use of uncertified election-dedicated voting system technologies; disclosure
requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HFDAF372830E04D1E90722A5B3E688D55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A voting system used in an election for Federal office in a State may not at any time during the
election contain or use any election-dedicated voting system technology—</text>
<clause id="H6160C7BFF19142338AD52DFE2B9CE6F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which has not been certified by the State for use in the election; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F3E0BCBDD06437FAC7EF2026BB5BEAE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which has not been deposited with an accredited laboratory described in section 231 to be held in
escrow and disclosed in accordance with this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB67CC75418AF42F6A0E15FE870289685"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement for disclosure and limitation on restricting disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An accredited laboratory under section 231 with whom an election-dedicated voting system technology
has been deposited shall—</text>
<clause id="H53B0A57DF67F436DB495E239938FCD0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>hold the technology in escrow; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A1B26BBF2ED4004A79B26A22667E70B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disclose technology and information regarding the technology to another person if—</text>
<subclause id="H794FAB7D766A45EFBBB4D297692BA0C2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the person is a qualified person described in subparagraph (C) who has entered into a nondisclosure
agreement with respect to the technology which meets the requirements of
subparagraph (D); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H86031FC699EA448DBEFA3B501C239741"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the laboratory is permitted or required to disclose the technology to the person under State law,
in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable under such law.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F7AC969F3DC43E08F7E91AF7CEDB69C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified persons described</header><text>With respect to the disclosure of election-dedicated voting system technology by a laboratory under
subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), a <quote>qualified person</quote> is any of the following:</text>
<clause id="HBE2DE0CDA6594EE5906F2C01C0BD3736"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A governmental entity with responsibility for the administration of voting and election-related
matters for purposes of reviewing, analyzing, or reporting on the
technology.</text>
</clause><clause id="H524F74C6CD564088A3BC4E841D3A5136"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A party to pre- or post-election litigation challenging the result of an election or the
administration or use of the technology used in an election, including but
not limited to election contests or challenges to the certification of the
technology, or an expert for a party to such litigation, for purposes of
reviewing or analyzing the technology to support or oppose the litigation,
and all parties to the litigation shall have access to the technology for
such purposes.</text>
</clause><clause id="H82AFED64011748DB8E3AEBB175FFC4C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A person not described in clause (i) or (ii) who reviews, analyzes, or reports on the technology
solely for an academic, scientific, technological, or other investigation
or inquiry concerning the accuracy or integrity of the technology.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1768EBCB5884B73B3C1B68FEBFB1D5F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirements for nondisclosure agreements</header><text>A nondisclosure agreement entered into with respect to an election-dedicated voting system
technology meets the requirements of this subparagraph if the agreement—</text>
<clause id="H1FF7E443206743C2ABAA8B730CA34440"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is limited in scope to coverage of the technology disclosed under subparagraph (B) and any trade
secrets and intellectual property rights related thereto;</text>
</clause><clause id="H23FF105DCB9F463CBCB9012C2BDABF51"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not prohibit a signatory from entering into other nondisclosure agreements to review other
technologies under this paragraph;</text>
</clause><clause id="H45FE1232984D4B4D84B998AD3A16753B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>exempts from coverage any information the signatory lawfully obtained from another source or any
information in the public domain;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCE82F705584D48BBB94584BAEC6A24A0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>remains in effect for not longer than the life of any trade secret or other intellectual property
right related thereto;</text>
</clause><clause id="H31D8143EA58A4653AAF9628C90C09BE3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>prohibits the use of injunctions barring a signatory from carrying out any activity authorized
under subparagraph (C), including injunctions limited to the period prior
to a trial involving the technology;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3060228BBF224C2ABA0AE998D93FF161"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>is silent as to damages awarded for breach of the agreement, other than a reference to damages
available under applicable law;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9AB38989E7B74D5EBA09FB3697239577"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>allows disclosure of evidence of crime, including in response to a subpoena or warrant;</text>
</clause><clause id="H92E7FB32CD8C4AC29EAEDC278C39CB91"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>allows the signatory to perform analyses on the technology (including by executing the technology),
disclose reports and analyses that describe operational issues pertaining
to the technology (including vulnerabilities to tampering, errors, risks
associated with use, failures as a result of use, and other problems), and
describe or explain why or how a voting system failed or otherwise did not
perform as intended; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H610EA1D7BC094DB19B138016AF39ED2A"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>provides that the agreement shall be governed by the trade secret laws of the applicable State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F55078BFF31451B80926C22F2533B01"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Election-dedicated voting system technology defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph:</text>
<clause id="H85391EE0D87443428CFFA3DEA3D7A794"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>election-dedicated voting system technology</term> means the following:</text>
<subclause id="H36841A08FAE7487381C0B4A99C40A127"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The source code used for the trusted build and its file signatures.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6FE8B0453C714047B0581DA48BC17DB9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A complete disk image of the pre-build, build environment, and any file signatures to validate that
it is unmodified.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD3C8E9EEB17A467C8EC7414BA6092978"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A complete disk image of the post-build, build environment, and any file signatures to validate
that it is unmodified.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7D79669CC1DD49FA9968336AC7859B7C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>All executable code produced by the trusted build and any file signatures to validate that it is
unmodified.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5B797D8EE0E64F5DB991BA3C646F4713"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Installation devices and software file signatures.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H443133AB970F4FD5A84F3EC73A888A9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such term does not include <quote>commercial-off-the-shelf</quote> software and hardware defined under the 2005 voluntary voting system guidelines adopted by the
Commission under section 222.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA87AD4240A7C439AB3D0E54DAB49A195"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Prohibition of use of wireless communications devices in systems or devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No system or device upon which ballots are programmed or votes are cast or tabulated shall contain,
use, or be accessible by any wireless, power-line, or concealed
communication device, except that enclosed infrared communications devices
which are certified for use in such device by the State and which cannot
be used for any remote or wide area communications or used without the
knowledge of poll workers shall be permitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72146AB5D6AD43819582CF057E771F1A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Prohibiting connection of system to the internet</header>
<subparagraph id="HCABB72EED0D94DDEB8EE3370691C6D8F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No system or device upon which ballots are programmed or votes are cast or tabulated shall be
connected to the Internet at any time.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA98C2572E9AE425EBDB185B299F07D3D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the Commission from conducting the
studies under section 242 or to conduct other similar studies under any
other provision of law in a manner consistent with this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD28C6DDDA6C40C590419A1AA77D0FB1"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Security standards for voting systems used in Federal elections</header>
<subparagraph id="H385542E0074542BCBC927D3868F3F61B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No voting system may be used in an election for Federal office unless the manufacturer of such
system and the election officials using such system meet the applicable
requirements described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FBB7959E8604D5496CB8ECEEE05A84E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements described</header><text>The requirements described in this subparagraph are as follows:</text>
<clause id="H5193CBF2752B45558D23B9770BEAFF53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The manufacturer and the election officials shall document the secure chain of custody for the
handling of all software, hardware, vote storage media, blank ballots, and
completed ballots used in connection with voting systems, and shall make
the information available upon request to the Commission.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD1C6BBD0AFF7469A97FA48F0E7949B8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The manufacturer shall disclose to an accredited laboratory under section 231 and to the
appropriate election official any information required to be disclosed
under paragraph (7).</text>
</clause><clause id="H00B79AD75285448794E61E3FD86E0A0B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the appropriate election official has certified the election-dedicated and other voting
system software for use in an election, the manufacturer may not—</text>
<subclause id="H573687EB34F3423192A2B30ACF972D9F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>alter such software; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4F8F60278A6E41F9990435BACBBA9FA0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>insert or use in the voting system any software, software patch, or other software modification not
certified by the State for use in the election.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H7395A8664EAF4773A88F927EE5405C3F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>At the request of the Commission—</text>
<subclause id="HA5DB2CF25AE8466FBFA1586B7569F23D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the appropriate election official shall submit information to the Commission regarding the State’s
compliance with this subparagraph; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD72B514D15CA4CF59E76C3360E088AE0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the manufacturer shall submit information to the Commission regarding the manufacturer’s compliance
with this subparagraph.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD9841DA98634578A67D5DC63D358325"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Development and publication of best practices of secure chain of custody</header><text>Not later than August 1, 2015, the Commission shall develop and make publicly available best
practices regarding the requirement of subparagraph (B)(i) and (B)(iii),
and in the case of subparagraph (B)(iii), shall include best practices for
certifying software patches and minor software modifications under short
deadlines.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5840C9DD15641D0A7B7120AFBF0DBFF"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Disclosure of secure chain of custody</header><text>The Commission shall make information provided to the Commission under subparagraph (B)(i)
available to any person upon request.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H066E042491DD4833B24B0EA40D965461"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Durability and readability requirements for ballots</header>
<subparagraph id="H364CAA5BAC6E478FB8040D2B27D9BC3F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Durability requirements for paper ballots</header>
<clause id="H587251126D674CA4B5CCC67D970E0398"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All voter-verified paper ballots required to be used under this Act shall be marked or printed on
durable paper.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8BB79D04700F4C84B2B1E5BCFA84B8E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this Act, paper is <quote>durable</quote> if it is capable of withstanding multiple counts and recounts by hand without compromising the
fundamental integrity of the ballots, and capable of retaining the
information marked or printed on them for the full duration of a retention
and preservation period of 22 months.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68A0BC79B8454861884F2204DEAB8953"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Readability requirements for paper ballots marked by ballot marking device</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All voter-verified paper ballots completed by the voter through the use of a ballot marking device
shall be clearly readable by the voter without assistance (other than
eyeglasses or other personal vision enhancing devices) and by a scanner or
other device equipped for individuals with disabilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HADD15B38FAD94A2C919D9DE4E9264986"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requiring laboratories To meet standards prohibiting conflicts of interest as condition of
accreditation for testing of voting system hardware and software</header>
<paragraph id="HA560844EF5BD4D6DA14D4DA2E119859F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 231(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15371">42 U.S.C. 15371(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FB2F2CC1A6647008C9B852AF7F5F22A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8725E8AFBC0E4FD490EE2BC25E969367"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibiting conflicts of interest; ensuring availability of results</header>
<subparagraph id="H9A2BA39245F9455297E7C6CBE5BEE04A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A laboratory may not be accredited by the Commission for purposes of this section unless—</text>
<clause id="HE28CEFA336654FC0BECBCAD41979072C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the laboratory certifies that the only compensation it receives for the testing carried out in
connection with the certification, decertification, and recertification of
the manufacturer’s voting system hardware and software is the payment made
from the Testing Escrow Account under paragraph (4);</text>
</clause><clause id="HCD1418FB277D4D2681B3EF9051BDF490"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the laboratory meets such standards as the Commission shall establish (after notice and opportunity
for public comment) to prevent the existence or appearance of any conflict
of interest in the testing carried out by the laboratory under this
section, including standards to ensure that the laboratory does not have a
financial interest in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of voting
system hardware and software, and is sufficiently independent from other
persons with such an interest;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE6C13673DA084E37BE779DCDA0E41D02"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the laboratory certifies that it will permit an expert designated by the Commission or by the State
requiring certification of the system being tested to observe any testing
the laboratory carries out under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H00F102A073BD4D9AAD64A2C74AA44D12"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the laboratory, upon completion of any testing carried out under this section, discloses the test
protocols, results, and all communication between the laboratory and the
manufacturer to the Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30D886885A0B48488C6D7266C6C621A2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of results</header><text>Upon receipt of information under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall make the information
available promptly to election officials and the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0E5775C1721D4D0A943C12AB3CF08888"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Procedures for conducting testing; payment of user fees for compensation of accredited laboratories</header>
<subparagraph id="H28E915696D12431FAC759DE8201B7149"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment of escrow account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall establish an escrow account (to be known as the <quote>Testing Escrow Account</quote>) for making payments to accredited laboratories for the costs of the testing carried out in
connection with the certification, decertification, and recertification of
voting system hardware and software.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0A8D27EFA0943F4B46AB0DDB8F4F19B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Schedule of fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation with the accredited laboratories, the Commission shall establish and regularly
update a schedule of fees for the testing carried out in connection with
the certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system
hardware and software, based on the reasonable costs expected to be
incurred by the accredited laboratories in carrying out the testing for
various types of hardware and software.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A840BF65ABA48FD9B1D98EBB1030E4E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requests and payments by manufacturers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A manufacturer of voting system hardware and software may not have the hardware or software tested
by an accredited laboratory under this section unless—</text>
<clause id="HD275FF952FD648B0A4ADC9B04F142F4E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the manufacturer submits a detailed request for the testing to the Commission; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H34A0E367B63242F1A366ECB390CF6D8B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the manufacturer pays to the Commission, for deposit into the Testing Escrow Account established
under subparagraph (A), the applicable fee under the schedule established
and in effect under subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8DB03166D00400E889C463CDDDBB37B"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Selection of laboratory</header><text>Upon receiving a request for testing and the payment from a manufacturer required under
subparagraph (C), the Commission shall select, from all laboratories which
are accredited under this section to carry out the specific testing
requested by the manufacturer, an accredited laboratory to carry out the
testing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DDFDA3D785B479B9672FCDD9970CEA8"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Payments to laboratories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon receiving a certification from a laboratory selected to carry out testing pursuant to
subparagraph (D) that the testing is completed, along with a copy of the
results of the test as required under paragraph (3)(A)(iv), the Commission
shall make a payment to the laboratory from the Testing Escrow Account
established under subparagraph (A) in an amount equal to the applicable
fee paid by the manufacturer under subparagraph (C)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8EC83DEF41224C849260FAD738B45693"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dissemination of additional information on accredited laboratories</header>
<subparagraph id="H87CF5602D5644D30BF928653F09FF762"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Information on testing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the testing of a voting system under this section, the Commission shall promptly
disseminate to the public the identification of the laboratory which
carried out the testing.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EE530AA07174C00844DD052AD10CCD0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information on status of laboratories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall promptly notify Congress, the chief State election official of each State, and
the public whenever—</text>
<clause id="H2350EB9FF7F2451DA8DF58F1F0B6D9E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Commission revokes, terminates, or suspends the accreditation of a laboratory under this
section;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3B2C90D76DD6491AAA6F299A3D67634F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Commission restores the accreditation of a laboratory under this section which has been
revoked, terminated, or suspended; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H73884A2C2F5D4E3FAF52F5F3DFB42766"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Commission has credible evidence of significant security failure at an accredited laboratory.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A3C0CE074CA49679992259F89DA3EA6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 231 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15371">42 U.S.C. 15371</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4BC4B70D67549F88D92738B527B114E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>testing, certification,</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following: <quote>testing of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories in connection with the
certification, decertification, and recertification of the hardware and
software for purposes of this Act.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B3D6723CED8482084B9E1EAC4E9EEE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>testing, certification,</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following: <quote>testing of its voting system hardware and software by the laboratories accredited by the Commission
under this section in connection with certifying, decertifying, and
recertifying the hardware and software.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DA6DBFCD20E40458F4CCE681F01555E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>testing, certification, decertification, and recertification</quote> and inserting <quote>testing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H581DC6C8AED744F685A1585DBDEB22AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>testing, certification, decertification, and recertification</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>testing</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22A392AE4A214D7BA448217853395129"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for establishment of standards, escrow account, and schedule of fees</header><text>The Election Assistance Commission shall establish the standards described in section 231(b)(3) of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the Testing Escrow Account and
schedule of fees described in section 231(b)(4) of such Act (as added by
paragraph (1)) not later than January 1, 2015.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5D10A2F856D4A8F9DCF58BEC08DD2BE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Election Assistance Commission such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the Commission’s duties under paragraphs (3) and
(4) of section 231 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added by
paragraph (1)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E141EC11ED648F2921C7DD313DA4E99"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants for research on development of election-Dedicated voting system software</header>
<paragraph id="H8FCFCED56D3E4C2791F57BA748691658"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following new part:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDABC4FB7633C4C30B8A80AD9C76976BB" style="OLC">
<part id="H2E7F43AAD23A435087998DF5CF230090"><enum>7</enum><header>Grants for research on development of election-Dedicated voting system software</header>
<section id="H5F53A892438943549AD792DEAD6F95A7"><enum>297.</enum><header>Grants for research on development of election-dedicated voting system software</header>
<subsection id="H8EA39DE274524B66B4B8546D2C8AF0F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Director of the National Science Foundation (hereafter in this part referred to as the <quote>Director</quote>) shall make grants to not fewer than 3 eligible entities to conduct research on the development of
election-dedicated voting system software.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC0A4D0AA712546C58FFFAC27C4BDD9E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An entity is eligible to receive a grant under this part if it submits to the Director (at such
time and in such form as the Director may require) an application
containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H970CE0C4AF60428C9D9D473E7A620019"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifications regarding the benefits of operating voting systems on election-dedicated software
which is easily understandable and which is written exclusively for the
purpose of conducting elections;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CE2D43503064390A246FF854F760846"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certifications that the entity will use the funds provided under the grant to carry out research on
how to develop voting systems that run on election-dedicated software and
that will meet the applicable requirements for voting systems under title
III; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCF87CFAE3D3484691743BB05ABE40DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other information and certifications as the Director may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB705265D902A47F096048C1FF296D339"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of Technology</header><text>Any technology developed with the grants made under this section shall be treated as
non-proprietary and shall be made available to the public, including to
manufacturers of voting systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB813595C0CC54EB4974919BAD1B00D84"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section $1,500,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 and 2016, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H116EA6D9F0ED4DCBB1E6E3E9C2F62FB9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle
D of title II the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B68836B6DA44E3296F5F3F4F97A37FF" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="part">Part 7—Grants for research on development of election-Dedicated voting system software</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 297. Grants for research on development of election-dedicated voting system software.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8A86E19EDD3F4AB4B6DD2B5A90587E34"><enum>104.</enum><header>Availability of Additional Funding To Enable States To Meet Costs of Revised Requirements</header>
<subsection id="H24768BD2E3D14B94A50A7BEBDBBCA8DF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of requirements payments for meeting revised requirements</header><text>Section 257(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15407">42 U.S.C. 15407(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F2CB4EFE9684D15B7DE2C0D2A283ADB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8C2DAFD940F44D1A91A6D94FEF4D9FC0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2015, the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3AF276185D34E3D9CB46D43EA716F63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000, except that any funds provided under the authorization made by this subparagraph
shall be used by a State only to meet the requirements of title III which
are first imposed on the State pursuant to the amendments made by title I
of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014, or to
otherwise modify or replace its voting systems in response to such
amendments; plus</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H156A52034E34430DA8CA52EB605CDE17"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as may be necessary to enable States to carry out the activities described in
subparagraph (A) with respect to requirements which first apply to the
regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November
2019, except that any funds provided under the authorization made by this
subparagraph shall be used by a State only for carrying out these
activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3565174C008A451993B91359FA71755A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of revised formula for allocation of funds</header><text>Section 252(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15402">42 U.S.C. 15402(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE50F81316C34B2D906D9F95A7356FCB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H02A0B00EBBAF448B9D66963EEA486CD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State Allocation Percentage Defined</header>
<paragraph id="H87D1276D8EA74F569BE6A327227355F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the <quote>State allocation percentage</quote> for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2E0C3ED7E354123BA15082BFF678291"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99DA7CCEAFB245A59FB03D721926FD9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6BA1136EC9304EC1B7719A0074698D9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for payments used to meet requirements imposed under Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2014</header>
<subparagraph id="HCB0F2C50DF734BA89F1594DEDA540CBA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of the requirements payment made to a State under the authorization made by section
257(a)(5) for fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter, the <quote>State allocation percentage</quote> for a State is the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of—</text>
<clause id="HF76BE37541A8451C906410D11F501E7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sum of the number of noncompliant precincts in the State and 50 percent of the number of
partially noncompliant precincts in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0015C6E6A5B9429EA66C1B43E9667010"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the sum of the number of noncompliant precincts in all States and 50 percent of the number of
partially noncompliant precincts in all States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6556FCC73B464EC98E094108E7E537CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Noncompliant precinct defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, a <term>noncompliant precinct</term> means any precinct (or equivalent location) within a State for which the voting system used to
administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
held in November 2012 did not meet either of the requirements described in
subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CF3EAA683BA460BB76B449504B84DD4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Partially noncompliant precinct defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, a <term>partially noncompliant precinct</term> means any precinct (or equivalent location) within a State for which the voting system used to
administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office
held in November 2012 met only one of the requirements described in
subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7E4BA2316EE4F778DC7EB6680DC80E4"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Requirements described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirements described in this subparagraph with respect to a voting system are as follows:</text>
<clause id="H35AF91D537C248E28980EF924FA18127"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The primary voting system required the use of durable paper ballots (as described in section
301(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) and 301(a)(11)(A), as amended or added by the Voter
Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014) for every vote cast.</text>
</clause><clause id="H498354F14D9B4887922C54AD998C6A2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The voting system allowed the voter to privately and independently verify the permanent paper
ballot through the presentation of the same printed or marked information
used for vote counting and auditing and to privately and independently
cast the permanent paper ballot without handling the ballot manually.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H62887AECF4B54B2BBE5E423BE339448B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Revised conditions for receipt of funds</header><text>Section 253 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15403">42 U.S.C. 15403</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3847E8DFED6D47928522862E596BB4EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>A State is eligible</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (f), a State is eligible</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBEED0F333BE48F89C18EDFE4FDAF7A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5BB8491318649658E6C1C52E00AEA44" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB804FB1BB64F4A11AF8E4A47F3D881CC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special Rule for Payments Used To Meet Requirements Imposed Under Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2014</header>
<paragraph id="H1112BDC3731444099932DD9344A5FAAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a State is eligible to receive a requirements
payment under the authorization made by section 257(a)(5) for fiscal year
2015 or any fiscal year thereafter if, not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility
Act of 2014, the chief executive officer of the State, or designee, in
consultation and coordination with the chief State election official—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2AB179C1A8B44C6391E463D59824548F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certifies to the Commission the number of noncompliant and partially noncompliant precincts in the
State (as defined in section 252(b)(2));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75DCCE6B923B4240939D0A5344A1A71B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certifies to the Commission that the State will reimburse each unit of local government in the
State for any costs the unit incurs in carrying out the activities for
which the payment may be used; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H422B3E90DA4141F9A9D565F820138AD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>files a statement with the Commission describing the State’s need for the payment and how the State
will use the payment to meet the requirements of title III (in accordance
with the limitations applicable to the use of the payment under section
257(a)(5)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6481BD15D7EF40BEB84E4D5CCDA44626"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certifications by States that require changes to State law</header><text>In the case of a State that requires State legislation to carry out any activity covered by any
certification submitted under this subsection, the State shall be
permitted to make the certification notwithstanding that the legislation
has not been enacted at the time the certification is submitted and such
State shall submit an additional certification once such legislation is
enacted.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H27B61949DEFB453E99CDD1035F362B29"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permitting use of funds for reimbursement for costs previously incurred</header><text>Section 251(c)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15401">42 U.S.C. 15401(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end
and inserting the following: <quote>, or as a reimbursement for any costs incurred after November 2004 in meeting the requirements of
title III which are imposed pursuant to the amendments made by title I of
the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014 or in
otherwise upgrading or replacing voting systems in a manner consistent
with such amendments (so long as the voting systems meet any of the
requirements that apply with respect to elections for Federal office held
in 2019 and each succeeding year).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE08D73177C043A8B62279125433F70E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction regarding States receiving other funds for replacing punch card, lever, or
other voting machines</header><text>Nothing in the amendments made by this section or in any other provision of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 may be construed to prohibit a State which received or was
authorized to receive a payment under title I or II of such Act for
replacing punch card, lever, or other voting machines from receiving or
using any funds which are made available under the amendments made by this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEDDF37C039FE4673A3EA62C53913FC34"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rule of construction regarding use of funds received in prior years</header>
<paragraph id="H7F425AB4FA9D40CDBC08FF25804F1940"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing contained in this Act or the Help America Vote Act of 2002 may be construed to prohibit a
State from using funds received under title I or II of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002 to purchase or acquire by other means a voting system
that meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 301 of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as amended by this Act) in order to
replace voting systems purchased with funds received under the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 that do not meet such requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6FA0BF68A2524C1AB39271B82F52D35D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver of notice and comment requirements</header><text>The requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 254(a)(11) of the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 shall not apply to any State using funds received under such
Act for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCE14724AD56C4CFE94172BC864972150"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning with fiscal
year 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H14DBD75995BE483195B0D12352FEF847"><enum>105.</enum><header>Effective Date For New Requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(d) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8C6F7E88C4A459EBDE070B2310B0F76" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4556CCFB3E6047DFBEBAE3332143570D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective Date</header>
<paragraph id="H76D252D67FCD4990B31D5AEC74AAA9F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with
the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2006.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA5F795611434BABB201A02F22775050"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule for certain requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H8BE27EBAD61441969C16EDEB51F61111"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the requirements of this section which are first
imposed on a State and jurisdiction pursuant to the amendments made by
title I of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014
shall apply with respect to voting systems used for the regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2016 and
each succeeding election for Federal office.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD39AEB2070204CC6A74B3BC397E54290"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay for jurisdictions using certain paper record printers or certain systems using or producing
voter-verifiable paper records in 2012</header>
<clause id="H86E7D356993B43CF8B6396CC00745306"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>In the case of a jurisdiction described in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) shall apply to a voting
system in the jurisdiction as if the reference in such subparagraph to <quote>the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2016 and each
succeeding election for Federal office</quote> were a reference to <quote>elections for Federal office occurring during 2018 and each succeeding year</quote>, but only with respect to the following requirements of this section:</text>
<subclause id="H83610566FEC34B79AE4BE5C41F0D660A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Paragraph (2)(A)(i)(I) of subsection (a) (relating to the use of voter-marked paper ballots).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAD4AD53428AB4802922E08E61811809B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Paragraph (3)(B)(ii) (I) and (II) of subsection (a) (relating to access to verification from and
casting of the durable paper ballot).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H131AC1A2D5DD4AD283FE70E843756C5F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Paragraph (11) of subsection (a) (relating to durability and readability requirements for ballots).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HEFC46E956BB34206803A34C478B53C61"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Jurisdictions described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A jurisdiction described in this clause is a jurisdiction—</text>
<subclause id="H2EC5457FACD4422AB0E4A695C6A36184"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which used voter verifiable paper record printers attached to direct recording electronic voting
machines, or which used other voting systems that used or produced paper
records of the vote verifiable by voters but that are not in compliance
with paragraphs (2)(A)(i)(I), (3)(B)(ii) (I) and (II), and (11) of
subsection (a) (as amended or added by the Voter Confidence and Increased
Accessibility Act of 2014), for the administration of the regularly
scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2012; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H98B496642E6C4F6D929A674EABFF6D52"><enum>(II)</enum><text>which will continue to use such printers or systems for the administration of elections for Federal
office held in years before 2018.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF1360493B9B40CF8F02542A8447F082"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Mandatory availability of paper ballots at polling places using grandfathered printers and systems</header>
<subclause id="H319463794E4D4D809FFDBFBB7783F824"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Requiring ballots to be offered and provided</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appropriate election official at each polling place that uses a printer or system described in
clause (ii)(I) for the administration of elections for Federal office
shall offer each individual who is eligible to cast a vote in the election
at the polling place the opportunity to cast the vote using a blank
pre-printed paper ballot which the individual may mark by hand and which
is not produced by the direct recording electronic voting machine or other
such system. The official shall provide the individual with the ballot and
the supplies necessary to mark the ballot, and shall ensure (to the
greatest extent practicable) that the waiting period for the individual to
cast a vote is the lesser of 30 minutes or the average waiting period for
an individual who does not agree to cast the vote using such a paper
ballot under this clause.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H57677CCBC5E341D794F67BE4A3DCE867"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Treatment of ballot</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any paper ballot which is cast by an individual under this clause shall be counted and otherwise
treated as a regular ballot for all purposes (including by incorporating
it into the final unofficial vote count (as defined by the State) for the
precinct) and not as a provisional ballot, unless the individual casting
the ballot would have otherwise been required to cast a provisional
ballot.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDA052903505F4F54B7D3080D95359FD4"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Posting of notice</header><text>The appropriate election official shall ensure there is prominently displayed at each polling place
a notice that describes the obligation of the official to offer
individuals the opportunity to cast votes using a pre-printed blank paper
ballot.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8DCF4862591B4AAC91F149C6632EB5CD"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Training of election officials</header><text>The chief State election official shall ensure that election officials at polling places in the
State are aware of the requirements of this clause, including the
requirement to display a notice under subclause (III), and are aware that
it is a violation of the requirements of this title for an election
official to fail to offer an individual the opportunity to cast a vote
using a blank pre-printed paper ballot.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2A5140C2C1DC4194BF7524DA8A2F10A0"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Period of applicability</header><text>The requirements of this clause apply only during the period in which the delay is in effect under
clause (i).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63A5DB75FAC0468D83016BD0787281B9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule for jurisdictions using certain nontabulating ballot marking devices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a jurisdiction which uses a nontabulating ballot marking device which automatically
deposits the ballot into a privacy sleeve, subparagraph (A) shall apply to
a voting system in the jurisdiction as if the reference in such
subparagraph to <quote>the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2016 and each
succeeding election for Federal office</quote> were a reference to <quote>elections for Federal office occurring during 2018 and each succeeding year</quote>, but only with respect to paragraph (3)(B)(ii)(II) of subsection (a) (relating to nonmanual
casting of the durable paper ballot).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Enhancement of Enforcement</header>
<section id="H69F465DF591C4901A26F93D093779C79"><enum>201.</enum><header>Enhancement of enforcement of Help America Vote Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H252E6B05D6824B6A8857C4E87F6DF5B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Attorney General</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General.—</header-in-text>The Attorney General</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A7A2F24A8834FF29EFC80EAD590AC68"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA795FDBA05D34C578AB769323A6580FF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H32FAE2DC47D4413681A9407B1832E6F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Filing of Complaints by Aggrieved Persons</header>
<paragraph id="HD81F5A864D6046D7B2D659C102BA619F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A person who is aggrieved by a violation of section 301, 302, or 303 which has occurred, is
occurring, or is about to occur may file a written, signed, notarized
complaint with the Attorney General describing the violation and
requesting the Attorney General to take appropriate action under this
section. The Attorney General shall immediately provide a copy of a
complaint filed under the previous sentence to the entity responsible for
administering the State-based administrative complaint procedures
described in section 402(a) for the State involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5484D8D48D8E43E5A62B9E2053382106"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Response by Attorney General</header><text>The Attorney General shall respond to each complaint filed under paragraph (1), in accordance with
procedures established by the Attorney General that require responses and
determinations to be made within the same (or shorter) deadlines which
apply to a State under the State-based administrative complaint procedures
described in section 402(a)(2). The Attorney General shall immediately
provide a copy of the response made under the previous sentence to the
entity responsible for administering the State-based administrative
complaint procedures described in section 402(a) for the State involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H838F763472574D38A2EE5CBF8DD1599B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of private right of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who is authorized to file a complaint under subsection (b)(1) (including any individual
who seeks to enforce the individual’s right to a voter-verified paper
ballot, the right to have the voter-verified paper ballot counted in
accordance with this Act, or any other right under subtitle A of title
III) may file an action under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1983">42 U.S.C. 1983</external-xref>) to enforce the uniform and
nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements
under sections 301, 302, and 303.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3BA9AA62413D4728A987500F1AA9B994"><enum>(d)</enum><header>No effect on State procedures</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the availability of the State-based
administrative complaint procedures required under section 402 to any
person filing a complaint under this subsection.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Requirement for mandatory manual audits by hand count</header>
<section id="H3EC0C719A1344E999FEEA9031DD1DB97"><enum>301.</enum><header>Mandatory Manual Audits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15481">42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H223A77A0CE5649D28215E63BCAEDE73D" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HB37FB0BE1BE84112B89671E44953B2AC"><enum>C</enum><header>Mandatory manual audits</header>
<section id="H84C1CF522DA74605A476E39C43B245AB"><enum>321.</enum><header>Requiring audits of results of elections</header>
<subsection id="H64CDCBD9D8644EE5A2B0C79C508A23AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring Audits</header>
<paragraph id="H56D26030D4E44EBFA0DFBACE875E04D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subtitle, each State shall administer, without advance notice to the
precincts or alternative audit units selected, audits of the results of
all elections for Federal office held in the State (and, at the option of
the State or jurisdiction involved, of elections for State and local
office held at the same time as such election) consisting of random hand
counts of the voter-verified paper ballots required to be used and
preserved pursuant to section 301(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H318FEFE7D68F472C96BDF2BC4A3450EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for certain elections</header><text>A State shall not be required to administer an audit of the results of an election for Federal
office under this subtitle if the winning candidate in the election—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0F17AB767524FC38F5561B93C22F065"><enum>(A)</enum><text>had no opposition on the ballot; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB5A6DCC236646AABFC1B0806D7F81F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>received 80 percent or more of the total number of votes cast in the election, as determined on the
basis of the final unofficial vote count.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCEB4CDD27939430781A995B7723883F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of Entity Conducting Audits; Application of GAO Independence Standards</header><text>The State shall administer audits under this subtitle through an entity selected for such purpose
by the State in accordance with such criteria as the State considers
appropriate consistent with the requirements of this subtitle, except that
the entity must meet the general standards established by the Comptroller
General and as set forth in the Comptroller General’s Government Auditing
Standards to ensure the independence (including, except as provided under
section 323(b), the organizational independence) of entities performing
financial audits, attestation engagements, and performance audits.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E06F758EE86495EADDEBD33CA03D88C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References to Election Auditor</header><text>In this subtitle, the term <term>Election Auditor</term> means, with respect to a State, the entity selected by the State under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA077B856237048A0B20935126732AEB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>322.</enum><header>Number of ballots counted under audit</header>
<subsection id="HEA19C88C536F451BBCFA57A198337615"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), the number of voter-verified paper ballots which will be
subject to a hand count administered by the Election Auditor of a State
under this subtitle with respect to an election shall be determined as
follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H876641E69668493181E4B1D8B9F955F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the unofficial count as described in section 323(a)(1) reveals that the margin of
victory between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes
in the election is less than 1 percent of the total votes cast in that
election, the hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots shall occur
in at least 10 percent of all precincts or equivalent locations (or
alternative audit units used in accordance with the method provided for
under subsection (b)) in the Congressional district involved (in the case
of an election for the House of Representatives) or the State (in the case
of any other election for Federal office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34822F895C3C4D969A476E9BC2AB8952"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the unofficial count as described in section 323(a)(1) reveals that the margin of
victory between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes
in the election is greater than or equal to 1 percent but less than 2
percent of the total votes cast in that election, the hand counts of the
voter-verified paper ballots shall occur in at least 5 percent of all
precincts or equivalent locations (or alternative audit units used in
accordance with the method provided for under subsection (b)) in the
Congressional district involved (in the case of an election for the House
of Representatives) or the State (in the case of any other election for
Federal office).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1C317DC4502419E925508B800B5268C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that the unofficial count as described in section 323(a)(1) reveals that the margin of
victory between the two candidates receiving the largest number of votes
in the election is equal to or greater than 2 percent of the total votes
cast in that election, the hand counts of the voter-verified paper ballots
shall occur in at least 3 percent of all precincts or equivalent locations
(or alternative audit units used in accordance with the method provided
for under subsection (b)) in the Congressional district involved (in the
case of an election for the House of Representatives) or the State (in the
case of any other election for Federal office).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA169BA389AC9463BA0163A7B1CFD0F18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of Alternative Mechanism</header>
<paragraph id="HBA9539C063EA4F1F993ED0E4A2804DFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permitting use of alternative mechanism</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a State may adopt and apply an alternative mechanism to determine
the number of voter-verified paper ballots which will be subject to the
hand counts required under this subtitle with respect to an election, so
long as the alternative mechanism uses the voter-verified paper ballots to
conduct the audit and the National Institute of Standards and Technology
determines that the alternative mechanism is in accordance with the
principles set forth in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C9EB2C9345A488E8E026CC899A91A6A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Principles for approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In approving an alternative mechanism under paragraph (1), the National Institute of Standards and
Technology shall ensure that the audit procedure will have the property
that for each election—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFDCC6EB14AB54CEAA65477CB23A516BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alternative mechanism will be at least as statistically effective in ensuring the accuracy of
the election results as the procedures under this subtitle; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA5BA8FC38774C749DDC6516C3F4E19F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alternative mechanism will achieve at least a 95 percent confidence interval (as determined in
accordance with criteria set forth by the National Institute of Standards
and Technology) with respect to the outcome of the election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC863183382AB417E99D4265C14336418"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for response</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall make a determination
regarding a State’s request to approve an alternative mechanism under
paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after receiving the State’s request.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C5DDD2036954E999BC93F9F7B2ACA18" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>323.</enum><header>Process for administering audits</header>
<subsection id="HEB5E5C4CE0784EF89BCE0AA81FABCF18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The Election Auditor of a State shall administer an audit under this section of the results of an
election in accordance with the following procedures:</text>
<paragraph id="H5AC7BD5FA57A4B4FB52833DB3AA5FB68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Within 24 hours after the State announces the final unofficial vote count (as defined by the State)
in each precinct in the State, the Election Auditor shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC63D6B305EA4E9BA48B9FBF00687DF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine and then announce the precincts or equivalent locations (or alternative audit units used
in accordance with the method provided under section 322(b)) in the State
in which it will administer the audits; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C43F923FCA844C7932BE3BE5319095B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to votes cast at the precinct or equivalent location on or before the date of the
election (other than provisional ballots described in paragraph (2)),
begin to administer the hand count of the votes on the voter-verified
paper ballots required to be used and preserved under section 301(a)(2)(A)
and the comparison of the count of the votes on those ballots with the
final unofficial count of such votes as announced by the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDC9E45CD96314DE8AF1368D49FEFBB3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to votes cast other than at the precinct on the date of the election (other than votes
cast before the date of the election described in paragraph (2)) or votes
cast by provisional ballot on the date of the election which are certified
and counted by the State on or after the date of the election, including
votes cast by absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters under
the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the Election
Auditor shall administer the hand count of the votes on the applicable
voter-verified paper ballots required to be produced and preserved under
section 301(a)(2)(A) and the comparison of the count of the votes on those
ballots with the final unofficial count of such votes as announced by the
State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B6A1EB2E5444423896B17A2BBF97587"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of personnel</header><text>In administering the audits, the Election Auditor may utilize the services of the personnel of the
State or jurisdiction, including election administration personnel and
poll workers, without regard to whether or not the personnel have
professional auditing experience.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB36C1F85F8C4C80BE103C6CE6119325"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Location</header><text>The Election Auditor shall administer an audit of an election—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD460426F83C44CE8F202DD747B6F907"><enum>(1)</enum><text>at the location where the ballots cast in the election are stored and counted after the date of the
election or such other appropriate and secure location agreed upon by the
Election Auditor and the individual that is responsible under State law
for the custody of the ballots; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H894EB71BCD5441EAA3DF3CD85D2A6F69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the presence of the personnel who under State law are responsible for the custody of the
ballots.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA44A57D5167F4213B819102480CDE997"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule in case of delay in reporting absentee vote count</header><text>In the case of a State in which the final count of absentee and provisional votes is not announced
until after the date of the election, the Election Auditor shall initiate
the process described in subsection (a) for administering the audit not
later than 24 hours after the State announces the final unofficial vote
count for the votes cast at the precinct or equivalent location on or
before the date of the election, and shall initiate the administration of
the audit of the absentee and provisional votes pursuant to subsection
(a)(2) not later than 24 hours after the State announces the final
unofficial count of such votes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13EADDE64FB442E7B3F0AB89848587D1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional Audits if Cause Shown</header>
<paragraph id="H3B96A39AA51449378495723BEAEE6F97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Election Auditor finds that any of the hand counts administered under this section do not
match the final unofficial tally of the results of an election, the
Election Auditor shall administer hand counts under this section of such
additional precincts (or alternative audit units) as the Election Auditor
considers appropriate to resolve any concerns resulting from the audit and
ensure the accuracy of the election results.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F61C4782BB047BD9AE25D1B7EBA586D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment and publication of procedures governing additional audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than August 1, 2015, each State shall establish and publish procedures for carrying out
the additional audits under this subsection, including the means by which
the State shall resolve any concerns resulting from the audit with
finality and ensure the accuracy of the election results.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D95227DA0A04269AC08701DCF20B005"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public Observation of Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each audit conducted under this section shall be conducted in a manner that allows public
observation of the entire process.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8159F7716A69477BBA1D8DFD8D19911A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>324.</enum><header>Selection of precincts</header>
<subsection id="HDD6F56DA564449A1BA181EA425682607"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), the selection of the precincts or alternative audit units in
the State in which the Election Auditor of the State shall administer the
hand counts under this subtitle shall be made by the Election Auditor on a
random basis, in accordance with procedures adopted by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, except that at least one precinct
shall be selected at random in each county, with additional precincts
selected by the Election Auditor at the Auditor’s discretion.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H42557F8E7287489C9B3F7EA0CF95E4EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public Selection</header><text>The random selection of precincts under subsection (a) shall be conducted in public, at a time and
place announced in advance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1DEEDD8D819C457CB970A97B73A181E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mandatory Selection of Precincts Established Specifically for Absentee Ballots</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State does not sort absentee ballots by precinct and include those ballots in the hand count
with respect to that precinct, the State shall create absentee ballot
precincts or audit units which are of similar size to the average precinct
or audit unit in the jurisdiction being audited, and shall include those
absentee precincts or audit units among the precincts in the State in
which the Election Auditor shall administer the hand counts under this
subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E7650CBF37B4501B1D0F78891BE0D9F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for Adoption of Procedures by Commission</header><text>The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall adopt the procedures described in
subsection (a) not later than March 31, 2015, and shall publish them in
the Federal Register upon adoption.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9969808E0F314CB783C361D9D362D281" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header>Publication of results</header>
<subsection id="H1F96710C53CB4D30A35775A63987E3D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission to Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the completion of an audit under this subtitle, the Election Auditor
of a State shall submit to the Commission the results of the audit, and
shall include in the submission a comparison of the results of the
election in the precinct as determined by the Election Auditor under the
audit and the final unofficial vote count in the precinct as announced by
the State and all undervotes, overvotes, blank ballots, and spoiled,
voided, or cancelled ballots, as well as a list of any discrepancies
discovered between the initial, subsequent, and final hand counts
administered by the Election Auditor and such final unofficial vote count
and any explanation for such discrepancies, broken down by the categories
of votes described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 323(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC6033D3AC054D58B0D051CE2007E5CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication by Commission</header><text>Immediately after receiving the submission of the results of an audit from the Election Auditor of
a State under subsection (a), the Commission shall publicly announce and
publish the information contained in the submission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F9079E8FA2C4DD0BA4D321068CEB54B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delay in certification of results by State</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E7CB89F4D094A5D9188D0858BBEEEDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibiting certification until completion of audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No State may certify the results of any election which is subject to an audit under this subtitle
prior to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA12BB259C8BC4579A8B6E9BF498852A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the completion of the audit (and, if required, any additional audit conducted under section
323(e)(1)) and the announcement and submission of the results of each such
audit to the Commission for publication of the information required under
this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H897F17742D7F4BB09E1F068F98ED3C03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the completion of any procedure established by the State pursuant to section 323(e)(2) to resolve
discrepancies and ensure the accuracy of results.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5F9A674D79A64C43BDED1254137B4B80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for completion of audits of Presidential elections</header><text>In the case of an election for electors for President and Vice President which is subject to an
audit under this subtitle, the State shall complete the audits and
announce and submit the results to the Commission for publication of the
information required under this section in time for the State to certify
the results of the election and provide for the final determination of any
controversy or contest concerning the appointment of such electors prior
to the deadline described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/3/6">section 6</external-xref> of title 3, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6E308E3DB8B499ABC1431741C4D97F2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>326.</enum><header>Payments to States</header>
<subsection id="H33BAC075CA4843D68A02489C7B2AC820"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payments for Costs of Conducting Audits</header><text>In accordance with the requirements and procedures of this section, the Commission shall make a
payment to a State to cover the costs incurred by the State in carrying
out this subtitle with respect to the elections that are the subject of
the audits conducted under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3922014FD840472F81BDB0D7529AE76C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification of Compliance and Anticipated Costs</header>
<paragraph id="HCFA5FF149E3D471B841157D627D4B45E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Certification required</header><text>In order to receive a payment under this section, a State shall submit to the Commission, in such
form as the Commission may require, a statement containing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H111C5B6343C740958107E0F7F0179BEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a certification that the State will conduct the audits required under this subtitle in accordance
with all of the requirements of this subtitle;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E178B1F7EC44D4A8D5140CCC7725454"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a notice of the reasonable costs incurred or the reasonable costs anticipated to be incurred by the
State in carrying out this subtitle with respect to the elections
involved; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82C0109243914B3EA269F72C484C057E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other information and assurances as the Commission may require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF555030F5EF74FD88BFC502F58E77E78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of a payment made to a State under this section shall be equal to the reasonable costs
incurred or the reasonable costs anticipated to be incurred by the State
in carrying out this subtitle with respect to the elections involved, as
set forth in the statement submitted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD1E624C2084457BA2B93DD89C7CF197"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing of notice</header><text>The State may not submit a notice under paragraph (1) until candidates have been selected to appear
on the ballot for all of the elections for Federal office which will be
the subject of the audits involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8DB83779E1AB413DB9B41EF640EAECC9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Timing of Payments</header><text>The Commission shall make the payment required under this section to a State not later than 30 days
after receiving the notice submitted by the State under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3ABCEEB78F2648B8AAC64B311435E05F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recoupment of Overpayments</header><text>No payment may be made to a State under this section unless the State agrees to repay to the
Commission the excess (if any) of—</text>
<paragraph id="HE69ABE67B1C845B7B0A4DE44A331986A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of the payment received by the State under this section with respect to the elections
involved; over</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80B02257BD4D46D0A339D53CA1FD141F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actual costs incurred by the State in carrying out this subtitle with respect to the elections
involved.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36D9CE9A02324739870AFF2C66227FFB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for fiscal year 2015 and each succeeding
fiscal year $100,000,000 for payments under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C302EDFE20847ADB2A207F9C96821B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>327.</enum><header>Exception for elections subject to recount under State law prior to certification</header>
<subsection id="H95BA2AB00E6D454A9723048647AC3264"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subtitle does not apply to any election for which a recount under State law will commence
prior to the certification of the results of the election, including but
not limited to a recount required automatically because of the margin of
victory between the 2 candidates receiving the largest number of votes in
the election, but only if each of the following applies to the recount:</text>
<paragraph id="HABFEAABD2E2B43E1B47B150E1FDD567A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The recount commences prior to the determination and announcement by the Election Auditor under
section 323(a)(1) of the precincts in the State in which it will
administer the audits under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BC4D750D46B4422B3F8A8746F1DD342"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the recount would apply to fewer than 100 percent of the ballots cast in the election—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66343A71655D4173BCF8D87748CE2E54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of ballots counted will be at least as many as would be counted if an audit were
conducted with respect to the election in accordance with this subtitle;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55EB2ECF34554EF5874ABD5B3DBD9529"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the selection of the precincts in which the recount will be conducted will be made in accordance
with the random selection procedures applicable under section 324.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34921EC33ED946FFB5CBD1727504E147"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The recount for the election meets the requirements of section 323(f) (relating to public
observation).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F46FDD67B714B4FAB934ADA4F94367B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The State meets the requirements of section 325 (relating to the publication of results and the
delay in the certification of results) with respect to the recount.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD20F577D25004D70A981CBB260BE2E4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clarification of Effect on Other Requirements</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to waive the application of any other provision of this
Act to any election (including the requirement set forth in section
301(a)(2) that the voter verified paper ballots serve as the vote of
record and shall be counted by hand in all audits and recounts, including
audits and recounts described in this subtitle).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C6D839672B34FEA92E2BC24E77D1BA6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>328.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall apply with respect to elections for Federal office beginning with the regularly
scheduled general elections held in November 2015.</text></section></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD691FCF153A240B38B0A24338AEC211B"><enum>302.</enum><header>Availability of Enforcement Under Help America Vote Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15511">42 U.S.C. 15511</external-xref>), as amended by section 201, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0AE06A80DE26423588BDD9B516C0C51F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>, or the requirements of subtitle C of title III.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7861BCC4273B478789E683C5BC3FFF31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>303</quote> and inserting <quote>303, or subtitle C of title III,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H126F357CCBEB492AB6AA0C5B2EFEBEF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7CCCEDC11170429B9384467AC7688BB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subtitle A</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle A or C</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFF311D697664B5681A2D56075BE2E12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>, or the requirements of subtitle C of title III.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D6ABF11BACE42F5BC0DB35ADE9E1626"><enum>303.</enum><header>Guidance on Best Practices for Alternative Audit Mechanisms</header>
<subsection id="HD065DF508E01488B9C084EC734A63649"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than May 1, 2015, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
shall establish guidance for States that wish to establish alternative
audit mechanisms under section 322(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002
(as added by section 301). Such guidance shall be based upon
scientifically and statistically reasonable assumptions for the purpose of
creating an alternative audit mechanism that will be consistent with the
principles for approval described in section 322(b)(2) of such Act (as so
added).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H742F69C0C3D84285A23A3701872DA00E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $100,000, to remain available
until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0593A1E879C441298B9CDFA247CB983A"><enum>304.</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title
III the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C49B160AA394679A415DD4884B61761" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Mandatory Manual Audits</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 321. Requiring audits of results of elections.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 322. Number of ballots counted under audit.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 323. Process for administering audits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 324. Selection of precincts.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 325. Publication of results.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 326. Payments to States.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 327. Exception for elections subject to recount under State law prior to certification.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 328. Effective date.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting
requirements</header>
<section id="H6213D2DA279F49A889981D844A0CDCFC"><enum>401.</enum><header>Repeal of exemption of Election Assistance Commission from certain government contracting
requirements</header>
<subsection id="HA146796321664EA8915FADF6390A4E52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 205 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/15325">42 U.S.C. 15325</external-xref>) is amended by striking
subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAD3E207C14884C7E865C4A1E2B3720DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered into by the
Election Assistance Commission on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<section id="HDDF3BA2BE0C84B059846C7E84836CBF3"><enum>501.</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect
to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office in November
2016 and each succeeding election for Federal office.</text>
</section>