United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 253 (111th)
Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2009
Introduced
7 January 2009
Last action
7 January 2009 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Sponsors
ALCEE HASTINGS, Doris Matsui, Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Marcia Fudge, Gerald Connolly, Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Janice Schakowsky
Subjects
Transport
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Critical Election Infrastructure Act of 2009 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make grants to eligible states to carry out election administration improvement plans to promote efficiency and fairness in the operation of polling places in federal elections (including early voting sites), which may include: (1) acquisition of additional voting systems and equipment; (2) improved training of election administration officials; and (3) allocation of additional election administration officials to polling places serving greater numbers of voters.
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Timeline
7 January 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E34)
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 7 January 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 January 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 January 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 January 2009
Sponsors
- ALCEE HASTINGS · D · Sponsor
- Doris Matsui · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] · D · Sponsor
- Marcia Fudge · D · Cosponsor
- Gerald Connolly · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- Janice Schakowsky · D · Cosponsor
- · hsha00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/253
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/253
- us · 111-hr-253 · source updated 14 August 2025