US SB2261 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-06-20 - Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-06-20 - Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Secure Elections Act
Sponsors
| Sen. James Lankford [R-OK] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC] | Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] |
| Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME] | Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-20 | Senate | Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. |
| 2017-12-21 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. |
Same As/Similar To
SB2593 (Related) 2018-03-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
HB6188 (Related) 2018-06-21 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB6663 (Related) 2018-08-10 - 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.
HB6188 (Related) 2018-06-21 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB6663 (Related) 2018-08-10 - 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.
Subjects
Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Public participation and lobbying
Right of privacy
Sanctions
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Technology assessment
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Public participation and lobbying
Right of privacy
Sanctions
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Technology assessment
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2261/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2261/BILLS-115s2261is.pdf |
