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H.R. 1907 (115th)

Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act of 2017

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Introduced

5 April 2017

Last action

25 April 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Sponsors

Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], David Scott, Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1], Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]

Subjects

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Summary

Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) designate voting systems used in the United States as critical infrastructure; (2) include threats of compromise, disruption, or destruction of voting systems in national planning scenarios; and (3) conduct a campaign to proactively educate local election officials about the designation of voting systems as critical infrastructure and election officials at all levels of government of voting system threats. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shall develop standards for ensuring the operational security of the voting systems used in elections for federal office. This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a state, in operating the voting system, to comply with applicable standards developed by NIST for ensuring the operational security of voting systems. The testing and certification of voting systems hardware and software shall test whether voting systems are in compliance with applicable NIST standards for ensuring the operational security of voting systems. NIST shall develop standards for ensuring that the process by which ballots are counted in elections for federal office is transparent and permits voters to verify that votes in such elections are counted correctly. States shall comply with applicable NIST standards, in operating the voting system, for ensuring that the process by which ballots are counted in elections for federal office is transparent and permits voters to verify that votes in such elections are counted correctly. The National Science Foundation shall establish an election technology innovation research and development program.

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Timeline

  1. 5 April 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 5 April 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 5 April 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 5 April 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 17 April 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

    Source: Committee

  6. 25 April 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

    Source: Committee

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