[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4915]
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             DEFENDING THE INTEGRITY OF VOTING SYSTEMS ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 95, S. 1321.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1321) to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit interference with voting systems under the Computer 
     Fraud and Abuse Act.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to proceeding to the 
measure?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1321) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1321

       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)).''.

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