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House Bill 6663
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Secure Elections Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Aug 10, 2018
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Republican
Introduced
Aug 10, 2018
Latest Action
Aug 10, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6663
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Tom Rooney
Florida
Democrat
Terri Sewell
Alabama
Republican
Mimi Walters
California
Democrat
Jim Himes
Connecticut
Republican
Leonard Lance
New Jersey
Republican
Trey Gowdy
South Carolina
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
August 10, 2018
Related Bills (2)
Mar 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
14
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 2593
Secure Elections Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced in Senate
6
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 2261
Secure Elections Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (2)
08/10/2018
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.
08/10/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:41:44 PM
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