S 1821
115th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Subversive activities
A bill to establish the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 14, 2017
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Sep 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sep 14, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill establishes the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems.
The purposes of the commission are to:
- identify and document mitigation and response activities to or in the prevention of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in U.S. election systems in 2016;
- document and describe any harm or attempted harm to U.S. election systems in 2016;
- review foreign cyber interference in elections in other countries to determine additional cybersecurity threats, interference methods, and successful defense mechanisms;
- make a full and complete accounting of emerging threats and unmitigated vulnerabilities to U.S. election systems; and
- report recommendations for action at the federal, state, and local levels.
The commission is given the authority to hold hearings and issue subpoenas to fulfill its purposes.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1