3.0.0 6246 2021-04-19T19:42:17Z 2021-04-19T19:42:17Z House H HR 2012-08-01 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:H.R. 6246.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United StatesConstitution. This provision permits Congress to make oralter the regulations pertaining to Federal elections.[Page H5629]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy19 Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2012-08-02T16:02:29Z Referred to 2012-08-01T14:01:30Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2012-08-01T14:01:25Z Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 112 5799 HR 2012-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2011 112 5816 HR 2012-06-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Related bill CRS Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 112 3608 S 2012-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS 2012-08-02 hssy19 Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Committee 2012-08-01 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2012-08-01 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2012-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5530-5531) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 N H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2012-08-01 True W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 17 2012-08-01 True H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2012-08-01 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2012-08-01 True C000537 Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6] JAMES CLYBURN D SC E. 6 2012-08-01 True F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 2012-08-01 True E000290 Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] Donna Edwards D MD F. 4 2012-08-01 True B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2012-08-01 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2012-08-01 True L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2012-08-02 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2012-08-02 False R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 2012-08-02 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2012-09-12 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2012-09-12 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2012-09-12 False P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2012-09-12 False Government Operations and Politics Business records Civil actions and liability Computers and information technology Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Libraries and archives Licensing and registrations Technology assessment Trade secrets and economic espionage Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-08-01 Introduced in House 2012-09-21T21:28:22Z Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology which is not deposited by the state (or at the state's option by the vendor of the technology) with the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) before the election.

Requires the Director of NIST to: (1) hold the technology in escrow; and (2) disclose it and information about it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement with respect to it, or to whom the Director is permitted or required to disclose the technology under state law.

]]> Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act Short Titles as Introduced Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act Display Title Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the deposit in the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a copy of any election-dedicated voting system technology used in the operation of a voting system for an election for Federal office, to establish the conditions under which the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may disclose the technology and information regarding the technology to other persons, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6246ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6246ih.xml 2012-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.