118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
S. 1500: SECURE IT Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
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Summary
This bill requires certain actions to strengthen the security of U.S. voting systems.
Specifically, the bill requires the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to conduct penetration testing (an evaluation method that enables researchers to search for vulnerabilities in a system) as part of the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories.
Further, the National Institute of Standards and Technology must recommend entities to the EAC to carry out this penetration testing and the EAC must vote on the accreditation of any recommended entity.
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The bill also directs the EAC to create a five-year pilot program for participating cybersecurity researchers to test for and disclose cybersecurity vulnerabilities in election systems.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Susan Collins R-MEOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mark Warner SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Mark Warner.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


