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Election Security Act

Introduced: March 1, 2018 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. 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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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.

What's happening now February 28, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 6

Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Homeland Security Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Homeland Security Committee
House of Representatives
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 74

Bonamici, Suzanne

Oregon · Dec 20, 2018

Illinois · Nov 16, 2018

Hanabusa, Colleen

· Sep 25, 2018

Colorado · Sep 12, 2018

DelBene, Suzan K.

Washington · Sep 12, 2018

Peters, Scott H.

California · Sep 12, 2018

Florida · Sep 5, 2018

Gonzalez, Vicente

Texas · Sep 5, 2018

Massachusetts · Jul 25, 2018

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Jul 24, 2018

California · Jul 23, 2018

Pingree, Chellie

Maine · Jul 23, 2018

Florida · Jul 12, 2018

Blunt Rochester, Lisa

Delaware · Jul 11, 2018

Veasey, Marc A.

Texas · Jun 27, 2018

Washington · Jun 5, 2018

Bishop, Sanford D.

Georgia · May 23, 2018

Jeffries, Hakeem S.

New York · May 23, 2018

Matsui, Doris O.

California · May 16, 2018

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · May 16, 2018

Himes, James A.

Connecticut · May 9, 2018

Brownley, Julia

California · Apr 24, 2018

· Apr 24, 2018

· Apr 24, 2018

California · Apr 24, 2018

Castro, Joaquin

Texas · Apr 13, 2018

Florida · Apr 13, 2018

Norcross, Donald

New Jersey · Apr 13, 2018

Beyer, Donald S.

Virginia · Mar 22, 2018

Clyburn, James E.

South Carolina · Mar 22, 2018

Hoyer, Steny H.

Maryland · Mar 22, 2018

California · Mar 22, 2018

Torres, Norma J.

California · Mar 22, 2018

Tennessee · Mar 15, 2018

Espaillat, Adriano

New York · Mar 15, 2018

California · Mar 15, 2018

Wisconsin · Mar 15, 2018

New York · Mar 15, 2018

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie

Florida · Mar 15, 2018

Ohio · Mar 8, 2018

California · Mar 8, 2018

Wisconsin · Mar 8, 2018

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Mar 8, 2018

Nevada · Mar 8, 2018

North Carolina · Mar 1, 2018

Barragán, Nanette Diaz

California · Mar 1, 2018

Carbajal, Salud O.

California · Mar 1, 2018

Indiana · Mar 1, 2018

Clarke, Yvette D.

New York · Mar 1, 2018

Correa, J. Luis

California · Mar 1, 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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