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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 See on congress.gov
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Oct 22, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Oct 22, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 October 22, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2656: A bill to disclose access to election infrastructure by foreign nationals.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2656/
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