[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1070

  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit States from 
      using proprietary voting system hardware or software in the 
  administration of an election for Federal office which prevents the 
    system from meeting the voluntary voting system guidelines for 
  interoperability and auditability issued by the Election Assistance 
                       Commission under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2021

  Mr. Posey 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 prohibit States from 
      using proprietary voting system hardware or software in the 
  administration of an election for Federal office which prevents the 
    system from meeting the voluntary voting system guidelines for 
  interoperability and auditability issued by the Election Assistance 
                       Commission under such 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 ``Election Audit Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF PROPRIETARY VOTING SYSTEM HARDWARE OR 
              SOFTWARE NOT ENABLING AUDITS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(7) Prohibiting use of proprietary hardware or software 
        not meeting voluntary guidance for interoperability and 
        auditability.--The voting system may not use any proprietary 
        hardware or software unless the manufacturer of the hardware or 
        software provides the appropriate election official with such 
        information and assistance as the official may require to 
        enable the voting system to be interoperable and auditable in 
        accordance with the most recent voluntary voting system 
        guidelines issued by the Commission under this title.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 301(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
21081(d)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ``, or, in the case of the requirements of paragraph (7) 
of subsection (a), on and after January 1, 2022.''.
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