Election Security Assessments Act

Election Security Assessments Act

This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to prepare an annual assessment on the threats to election infrastructure and recommendations to address such threats. The ODNI shall provide this annual assessment to Congress and the office of the chief election official of each state.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8697

  To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to State 
election officials and Congress annual reports on pre-election threats 
               for general elections for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2020

Miss Rice of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
           to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to State 
election officials and Congress annual reports on pre-election threats 
               for general elections for Federal office.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Election Security Assessments Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS ON PRE-ELECTION THREATS.

    Not later than January 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit an assessment of the 
full scope of threats to election infrastructure, including 
cybersecurity threats posed by State actors and terrorist groups, and 
recommendations to address or mitigate the threats, as developed by the 
Secretary and Chairman, to--
            (1) the chief State election official of each State;
            (2) the Committees on Homeland Security and House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
        Rules and Administration of the Senate; and
            (3) any other appropriate congressional committees.
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