[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 756 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 756

   To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election 
 Assistance Commission to develop and adopt guidelines for electronic 
  poll books in the same manner as the Commission develops and adopts 
    voluntary voting system guidelines under the Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2007

 Ms. DeGette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election 
 Assistance Commission to develop and adopt guidelines for electronic 
  poll books in the same manner as the Commission develops and adopts 
    voluntary voting system guidelines under the Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONIC POLL 
              BOOKS.

    (a) Requiring Election Assistance Commission to Develop and Adopt 
Guidelines.--Part 3 of subtitle A of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:

``SEC. 223. DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONIC POLL 
              BOOKS.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Commission shall develop and adopt 
voluntary guidelines for electronic poll books, in the same manner and 
in accordance with the same procedures under which the Commission 
develops and adopts voluntary voting system guidelines under this part.
    ``(b) Electronic Poll Book Defined.--In this section, an 
`electronic poll book' is an electronic mechanism (including stand-
alone software) by which an election official at a polling place, at 
the time an individual seeks to vote, may obtain information on the 
individual's eligibility to vote (including whether the individual is 
registered to vote in an election for Federal office, the polling place 
to which the individual is assigned, and whether the individual has 
already voted in the election), whether the mechanism is operated by 
integration with a voting system or independently.''.
    (b) Role of Technical Guidelines Development Committee.--Section 
221 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15361) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(g) Application to Guidelines For Electronic Poll Books.--This 
section shall apply with respect to the voluntary guidelines for 
electronic poll books developed and adopted under section 223 in the 
same manner as it applies to the development and adoption of the 
voluntary voting system guidelines.''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to part 3 of 
subtitle A the following:

``Sec. 223. Development and adoption of guidelines for electronic poll 
                            books.''.

SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION AND TESTING OF ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS BY 
              ACCREDITED LABORATORIES.

    Section 231(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15371(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Coverage of electronic poll books under certification 
        and testing of voting system hardware and software.--For 
        purposes of this section, an electronic poll book (as defined 
        in section 223(b)) shall be treated as part of the hardware and 
        software of a voting system, without regard to whether or not 
        the electronic poll book operates by integration with a voting 
        system or independently.''.
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