A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require all States to take steps to ensure domestic ownership and control of election service providers, and for other purposes.
Protect our Elections Act
This bill requires each state or local government entity responsible for the administration of federal elections to ensure that each election service provider (i.e., contractor or vendor) is a qualified provider with regard to (1) the ownership and control of the provider, (2) the provider's compliance with cybersecurity best practices, and (3) the provider's reporting of its ownership and control.
The bill requires the entity to annually evaluate each provider.
It also specifies reporting requirements for providers, subject to civil penalties.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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