To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an election research program to test the security of election systems, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an election research program through which qualified independent security researchers test each election system to identify potentially vulnerable information. Further, DHS must establish policies and procedures for processing and resolving potentially vulnerable information relating to an election system.
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Introduction
Sep 2021
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Introduced Sep 24, 2021
Last action Sep 27, 2021
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Sep 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
lower
Sep 24, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
lower
Sep 24, 2021
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Don Bacon
RRepublican
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