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H.R. 6246 112th Congress House

Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act

Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the deposit in the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technol… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the deposit in the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a copy of any election-dedicated voting system technology used in the operation of a voting system for an election for Federal office, to establish the conditions under which the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may disclose the technology and information regarding the technology to other persons, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 1, 2012 Introduced by: Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Aug 1, 2012
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 1, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5530-5531)
Aug 1, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 2, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology which is not deposited by the state (or at the state's option by the vendor of the technology) with the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) before the election.

Requires the Director of NIST to: (1) hold the technology in escrow; and (2) disclose it and information about it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement with respect to it, or to whom the Director is permitted or required to disclose the technology under state law.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 5799 Voter Empowerment Act of 2012
  • HR 5816 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2011
  • S 3608 Voter Empowerment Act of 2012
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 6
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 12, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 12, 2012
Polis, Jared
· Sep 12, 2012
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 2, 2012
LEWIS, JOHN
· Aug 2, 2012
Richardson, Laura
· Aug 2, 2012
BARTLETT, ROSCOE
· Aug 1, 2012
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Aug 1, 2012
HINCHEY, MAURICE
· Aug 1, 2012
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Aug 1, 2012
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Aug 1, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6246: Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6246/
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