S 2656
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
A bill to disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals.
Introduced: October 22, 2019
Introduced by:
Kennedy, John
Republican
· Louisiana
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 22, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Oct 22, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires each chief state election official to disclose to the Election Assistance Commission the identity of any foreign national known by that official to have (1) physically handled either ballots used in an election for federal office or voting machines, (2) had unmonitored access to a storage facility or centralized voting-tabulation location used to support an election, or (3) had unmonitored access to election-related information or communications technology.
It also requires the official to make the disclosure within 30 days of becoming aware of such activity.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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