3.0.0 2593 2023-01-11T13:39:57Z 2023-01-11T13:39:57Z Senate S 2018-03-22 115 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-22T16:36:17Z Secure Elections Act 115 2261 S 2018-06-20 Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Related bill CRS Secure Elections Act 115 6663 HR 2018-08-10 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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. Identical bill CRS 2018-03-22 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2018-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-03-22 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2018-03-22 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-03-22 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-03-22 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-03-22 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2018-03-22 True W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2018-03-22 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2018-07-17 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2018-07-17 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2018-07-19 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-07-19 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2018-09-06 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-09-06 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Advisory bodies Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Freedom of information Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Intergovernmental relations Public participation and lobbying Right of privacy Sanctions State and local government operations Subversive activities Technology assessment Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-02T21:34:38Z Secure Elections Act

This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies.

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems.

The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.

]]> Secure Elections Act Display Title Secure Elections Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect the administration of Federal elections against cybersecurity threats. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Secure Elections Act Introduced in Senate 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2593is/xml/BILLS-115s2593is.xml 2018-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. 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.