3.0.0 5131 2023-01-11T13:31:31Z 2023-01-11T13:31:31Z House HR 2016-04-29 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 67 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:H.R. 5131.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 H2150]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2016-09-30T15:38:37Z Referred to 2016-04-29T13:03:05Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2016-04-29T13:03:00Z 2016-09-30 hssy15 Research and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Committee 2016-04-29 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 2016-04-29 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-A 9 Library of Congress 2016-04-29 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 2016-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-04-29 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 P000610 Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] Stacey Plaskett D VI E. 0 2016-04-29 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2016-04-29 True R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2016-04-29 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2016-04-29 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 35 2016-04-29 True W000822 Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ 12 2016-04-29 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2016-04-29 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2016-04-29 True V000131 Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] Marc Veasey D TX A. 33 2016-04-29 True L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2016-05-23 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2016-05-26 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2016-07-01 False B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2016-12-05 False Government Operations and Politics Business records Civil actions and liability Computers and information technology Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Libraries and archives Licensing and registrations State and local government operations Technology assessment Trade secrets and economic espionage Government Operations and Politics 00 2016-04-29 Introduced in House 2016-08-31T15:50:32Z Verifying Optimal Tools for Elections Act of 2016 or the VOTE Act of 2016

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make a payment to each eligible state in which a precinct used at least one outdated voting machine to administer the regularly scheduled federal general election held in November 2012.

A state shall use the funds from such a payment to replace outdated voting machines in qualifying precincts with voting machines that: (1) have never been used in any federal general election and are not outdated voting machines, or have been used only with respect to federal general elections held after November 2012; and (2) are auditable and meet specified requirements.

A state receiving such a payment shall ensure that all the outdated voting machines in its qualifying precincts have been replaced in time for the regularly scheduled federal general election in November 2018.

The EAC shall make grants to states for the education and training, through webinars or other appropriate means, of election officials and poll workers on matters including voting machine maintenance, pre- and post-election voting machine testing, and the development of contingency plans.

The EAC shall also make grants to state or local governments to conduct pilot testing with respect to, and carry out the implementation of, voting systems that use: (1) non-proprietary open source software, and (2) commercial or custom firmware and hardware.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shall develop, or fund the development of, a common data format allowing for voting-equipment device interoperability.

A voting system used in a federal election in a state may not at any time during the election contain or use any election-dedicated voting system technology that is not deposited by the state with the NIST National Software Reference Library before the election.

]]> VOTE Act of 2016 Display Title VOTE Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to make improvements to voting system technology, election official training, and protecting voting system source code. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced VOTE Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Verifying Optimal Tools for Elections Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5131ih/xml/BILLS-114hr5131ih.xml 2016-09-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. 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.