[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 15 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S975]
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                      AMENDMENT NO. 2919 TO S. 565

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in 
order to consider amendment No. 2919, that the amendment be agreed to 
and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2919) was agreed to, as follows:

 (Purpose: To require the Office of Election Administration to consult 
     with the National Institute of Standards and Technology when 
          promulgating or reviewing voting systems standards)

       On page 10, strike lines 7 through 24, and insert the 
     following:
       (c) Administration by the Office of Election 
     Administration.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2004, the 
     Director of the Office of Election Administration of the 
     Federal Election Commission, in consultation with the 
     Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board 
     (as established under section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act 
     of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792)) and the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology, shall promulgate 
     standards revising the voting systems standards issued and 
     maintained by the Director of such Office so that such 
     standards meet the requirements established under subsection 
     (a).
       (2) Quadrennial review.--The Director of the Office of 
     Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission, 
     in consultation with the Director of the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology, shall review the voting systems 
     standards revised under paragraph (1) no less frequently than 
     once every 4 years.

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