HR 3751 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying State and local government operations Subversive activities

PAPER Act

Introduced: July 24, 2018 See on congress.gov

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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

Sep 12, 2017

Introduced in House

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Protecting the American Process for Election Results Act or the PAPER Act

This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to report to Congress on best practices for ensuring the cybersecurity of federal elections and for auditing election results. The commission shall make grants to each eligible state to implement (1) such best practices, or (2) the recommendations from a Department of Homeland Security Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of the state's election system.

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