United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5707 (116th)
Protect American Voters Act
Introduced
29 January 2020
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Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
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Summary
Protect American Voters Act This bill establishes a specified technology committee and unit within the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to address the security of election technology. Specifically, the bill establishes the Emerging Election Technology Committee to advise the EAC on voluntary guidelines for election officials on the use of nonvoting election technology. Nonvoting election technology refers to the technology used in the administration of federal elections which is not used directly in the casting, counting, tabulating, or collecting of ballots or votes (e.g., electronic pollbooks or election result reporting systems). The EAC must (1) take into account the recommendations of the technology committee and adopt such voluntary guidelines, and (2) review and update such guidelines every two years. The bill also establishes the Election Cyber Assistance Unit to provide state and local election officials with access to risk management, resiliency, and technical support services provided by election administration and cybersecurity experts.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 January 2020
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Introduced in House · EN · 29 January 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 29 January 2020
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5707
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5707