HR 6188
115th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Computer security and identity theft
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Technology assessment
Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 21, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jun 21, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish the Hack the Election Program to improve the cybersecurity of the systems used to administer federal elections by facilitating and encouraging assessments by independent technical experts, in cooperation with state and local election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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