H.R. 5358 · 117th Congress

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an election research program to test the security of election systems, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Don Bacon
Introduced
2021-09-24
Latest action
2021-09-27 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

Summary

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an election research program through which qualified independent security researchers test each election system to identify potentially vulnerable information. Further, DHS must establish policies and procedures for processing and resolving potentially vulnerable information relating to an election system.