[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 950

  To require a report and assessment regarding Department of Homeland 
 Security responses to terrorist threats to Federal elections, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2017

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a report and assessment regarding Department of Homeland 
 Security responses to terrorist threats to Federal elections, 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 ``Security for the Administration of 
Federal Election from Terrorists Intervention Act of 2017'' or the 
``SAFETI Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RESPONSES TO 
              TERRORIST THREATS TO FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Secretary of Homeland Security.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States 
and Congress a report on actions taken by the Department of Homeland 
Security relating to terrorist threats to the integrity of elections 
for Federal office held in 2016.
    (b) GAO Assessment.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall, upon receipt of the report required pursuant to subsection (a), 
conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of Department of Homeland 
Security actions described in such report and include recommendations 
for improvements as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
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