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        S.1321

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interference with 
         voting systems under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

    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 ``Defending the Integrity of Voting 
Systems Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE WITH VOTING SYSTEMS.
    Section 1030(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) that--
                ``(i) is part of a voting system; and
                ``(ii)(I) is used for the management, support, or 
            administration of a Federal election; or
                ``(II) has moved in or otherwise affects interstate or 
            foreign commerce;'';
        (2) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (3) in paragraph (12), by striking the period and inserting a 
    semicolon; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(13) the term `Federal election' means any election (as 
    defined in section 301(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
    1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(1))) for Federal office (as defined in 
    section 301(3) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
    U.S.C. 30101(3))); and
        ``(14) the term `voting system' has the meaning given the term 
    in section 301(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
    21081(b)).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.