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Secure Elections Act

Introduced: December 21, 2017 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Jun 20, 2018
Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-648.
Dec 21, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Secure Elections Act

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

DHS 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.

DHS shall award election system cybersecurity and modernization grants to states 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 the inspection of marked paper ballots.

DHS shall establish a Hack the Election program, including a recurring competition, to facilitate and encourage the identification and reporting of election cybersecurity vulnerabilities by independent technical experts.

What's happening now June 20, 2018

Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-648.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2