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H.R. 5011 115th Congress House

Election Security Act

Official title: To protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 14, 2018 Introduced by: Bennie G. Thompson Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Feb 28, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Feb 14, 2018
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Feb 14, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Election Security Act

This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research and development directed at improving the security and reliability of election infrastructure.

The bill also (1) requires the President to develop a national strategy to protect against attacks on U.S. democratic institutions, and (2) establishes the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 126
All 126 Democratic 72
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Dec 20, 2018
Perlmutter, Ed
· Dec 20, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Nov 16, 2018
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Sep 25, 2018
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 12, 2018
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Sep 12, 2018
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Sep 12, 2018
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 5, 2018
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Sep 5, 2018
GREEN, GENE
· Sep 5, 2018
Pascrell, Bill
· Sep 5, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Jul 25, 2018
 D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Jul 25, 2018
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jul 24, 2018
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 24, 2018
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Jul 23, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 23, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jul 12, 2018
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jul 11, 2018
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jun 27, 2018
Ellison, Keith
· Jun 19, 2018
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 5, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 23, 2018
CLAY, WM.
· May 23, 2018
Fudge, Marcia
· May 23, 2018
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · May 23, 2018
Shea-Porter, Carol
· May 21, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 16, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 16, 2018
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · May 9, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 24, 2018
Cicilline, David
· Apr 24, 2018
Deutch, Theodore
· Apr 24, 2018
Kihuen, Ruben
· Apr 24, 2018
O'Rourke, Beto
· Apr 24, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Apr 24, 2018
Tsongas, Niki
· Apr 24, 2018
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Apr 13, 2018
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Apr 13, 2018
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Apr 13, 2018
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Apr 13, 2018
PRICE, DAVID
· Apr 13, 2018
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 22, 2018
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 22, 2018
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Mar 22, 2018
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Mar 22, 2018
Eshoo, Anna
· Mar 22, 2018
Higgins, Brian
· Mar 22, 2018
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 22, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 22, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5011: Election Security Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5011/
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"H.R. 5011: Election Security Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5011/.
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