119 S4849 IS: State and Local Election Security Act of 2026 U.S. Senate 2026-06-22 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.

II119th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4849IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 22, 2026Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and AdministrationA BILLTo authorize funding for election security grants for fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the State and Local Election Security Act of 2026.

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Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) elections in the United States are safe and secure thanks to the hard work of State and local election officials and that eligible voters should be confident in their ability to cast their vote and have their voice heard; (2)election officials need consistent and reliable Federal funding to administer elections; and (3) the Trump Administration has furloughed, fired, and uprooted the election mission of critical Federal agencies and cut off funding for the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI–ISAC), forcing State and local election officials to spend significant resources to prepare for the possibility of election interference from our own Federal Government.

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Election security grants

(a)

In general

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title:.(b)

Clerical amendment

The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:TITLE X—Election security grantsSec. 1001. Election security grant program.Sec. 1002. Requirements.Sec. 1003. Authorization of appropriations..

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Treatment of certain territories under Help America Vote Act of 2002

Section 901 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141) is amended by striking and the United States Virgin Islands and inserting the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory authorized under Federal law (or otherwise permitted by the practices and procedures of the Congress, as determined by the Committees on House Administration and on Rules of the House of Representatives and communicated in writing by the Chairs of such committees to the Commission) to elect a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress.

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Grants for election information sharing

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 for the purpose of making grants to the Center for Internet Security to carry out the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center.