H.R. 6188 · 115th Congress
Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Mike Quigley
- Introduced
- 2018-06-21
- Latest action
- 2018-06-21 · Introduced in House
Summary
Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to establish the Hack the Election Program to improve the cybersecurity of the systems used to administer federal elections by facilitating and encouraging assessments by independent technical experts, in cooperation with state and local election officials and election service providers, to identify and report election cybersecurity vulnerabilities.