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Secure Elections Act

Introduced: August 10, 2018 See on congress.gov

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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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.

Aug 10, 2018

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Secure Elections Act

This bill gives the Department of Homeland Security primary responsibility within the federal government for sharing information about election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with federal entities and election agencies.

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) shall establish an advisory panel of independent experts to develop guidelines on election cybersecurity, including standards for procuring, maintaining, testing, auditing, operating, and updating election systems.

The EAC shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states and election agencies to implement the advisory panel's guidelines. Grants shall be awarded to: (1) remediate vulnerabilities identified by a cybersecurity evaluation, (2) replace electronic voting systems that are not optical scanners that read paper ballots, and (3) reimburse states for statistical audits of ballots in close federal elections.

What's happening now August 10, 2018

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Committee on House Administration
House of Representatives
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
House of Representatives
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 4

Connecticut · Aug 10, 2018

Sewell, Terri A.

Alabama · Aug 10, 2018

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6663: Secure Elections Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6663/

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"H.R. 6663: Secure Elections Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6663/.

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