3.0.0 6093 2023-01-11T13:42:22Z 2023-01-11T13:42:22Z House HR 2018-06-13 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BLUMENAUER:H.R. 6093.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1[Page H5153]]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-06-13T14:02:20Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2018-06-13T14:02:15Z Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 115 3049 S 2018-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Identical bill CRS 2018-06-13 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 2018-06-13 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 2018-06-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-06-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2018-09-07 False V000131 Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] Marc Veasey D TX A. 33 2018-09-07 False C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 9 2018-09-12 False B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 2018-09-13 False J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2018-09-17 False O000170 Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] Beto O'Rourke D TX 16 2018-09-20 False R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2018-09-25 False H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2018-10-19 False D000623 Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] Mark DeSaulnier D CA 11 2018-12-20 False Government Operations and Politics Disability and paralysis Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Technology assessment Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-06-13 Introduced in House 2018-08-17T20:15:25Z Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voting systems for federal elections to use durable, paper ballots. Systems must make ballots available for verification by the voter before the vote is cast.

Each ballot shall be suitable for a manual audit and shall be counted by hand in any recount or audit.

The bill sets forth a rule for the treatment of disputes when paper ballots have been compromised.

The bill revises requirements for accessible voting for individuals with disabilities to require paper ballots and accessibility for individuals who are mobility and dexterity impaired.

The National Science Foundation shall make grants to study, test, and develop accessible paper voting mechanisms and devices and best practices to enhance the accessibility of voting and verification mechanisms for individuals with disabilities, for voters whose primary language is not English, and for voters with difficulty in literacy.

Each state and jurisdiction shall audit the results of all federal elections.

]]> Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 Display Title Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots and risk-limiting audits in all Federal elections, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6093ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6093ih.xml 2018-06-13 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. 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.