,i #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fdce ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #ah1 #bjah,mr4 ,raskin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 and ,ms4 ,meng7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,house ,administration ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb to prohibit ,states from entering into agreements with vendors for the provision1 support1 or maintenance of election systems if the vendors are owned or controlled by persons who are not citizens1 nationals1 or permanent residents of the ,united ,states or do not meet cybersecurity best practices1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,election ,vendor ,security ,act4 #b4 ,prohibiting agreements with vendors for operation of election systems who are foreign nationals or who fail to meet cybersecurity best practices 7a7 ,prohibition ,title ,,iii of the ,help ,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajhc et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating sections #cjd and #cje as sections #cje and #cjf2 and 7#b7 by inserting after section #cjc the following new section3 #cjd4 ,requirements for vendors of election systems 7a7 ,prohibiting agreements with vendors failing ,to meet requirements ,a ,state1 unit of local government1 or any component of a ,state or unit of local government which is responsible for the administration of an election for ,federal office may not enter into an agreement with a vendor to provide1 support1 or maintain any component of the election system unless the vendor meets the criteria described in subsection 7b74 7b7 ,criteria for vendors ,the criteria described in this subsection with respect to a vendor are as follows1 as established and published by the ,chair of the ,commission in coordination with the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security3 7#a7 ,the vendor shall certify that it is owned and controlled by a citizen1 national1 or permanent resident of the ,united ,states1 and that none of its activities are directed1 supervised1 controlled1 subsidized1 or financed1 and none of its policies are determined by1 any foreign principal 7as defined in section #a7;b7 of the ,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of #aich 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;b771 or by any agent of a foreign principal required to register under such ,act4 7#b7 ,the vendor shall disclose to the ,chair and the ,secretary1 and to the chief ,state election official of any ,state in which the vendor provides1 supports1 or maintains any component of an election system1 any sourcing outside the ,united ,states for parts of the system4 7#c7 ,the vendor shall ensure that the election system will be developed and maintained in a manner that is consistent with the cybersecurity best practices established under subsection 7c74 7#d7 ,the vendor shall maintain its information technology infrastructure in a manner that is consistent with the cybersecurity best practices established under subsection 7c74 7#e7 ,the vendor shall report any known or suspected security incidents involving election systems to the chief ,state election official of the ,state involved or the official's designee1 the ,chair1 and the ,secretary not later than #aj days after the vendor first knows or suspects that the incident occurred4 7c7 ,cybersecurity best practices ,not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this section1 the ,chair and the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall establish and publish cybersecurity best practices for vendors who provide1 support1 or maintain election systems1 and shall establish and publish updates to such best practices at such times as the ,chair and the ,secretary consider appropriate4 7d7 ,availability of list of participating vendors 7#a7 ,submission of list to ,commission ,not later than #ij days before the date of each regularly scheduled general election for ,federal office 7beginning with the election held in ,november #bjah71 each ,state shall submit to the ,commission a list of all vendors who will be providing1 supporting1 or maintaining any component of any election system which will be used to carry out such election in the ,state4 7#b7 ,posting by ,commission ,upon receiving a list from a ,state under paragraph 7#a71 the ,commission shall post the list on the official public website of the ,commission4 7e7 ,election system defined ,in this section1 the term election system means any system used in the administration of elections for ,federal office1 as well as related information and communications technology1 including voter registration databases1 voting machines1 electronic mail and other communications systems 7including electronic mail and other systems of vendors who have entered into contracts with election agencies to support the administration of elections1 manage the election process1 and report and display election results71 and other systems used to manage the election process and to report and display election results on behalf of a ,state or unit of local government4 4 7b7 ,conforming amendment relating to enforcement ,section #dja of such ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #baaaa7 is amended by striking and #cjc and inserting #cjc1 and #cjd4 7c7 ,clerical amendments ,the table of contents of such ,act is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating the items relating to sections #cjd and #cje as relating to sections #cje and #cjf2 and 7#b7 by inserting after the item relating to section #cjc the following new item3 ,sec4 #cjd4 ,requirements for vendors of election systems4 4 7d7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for ,federal office held in ,november #bjah and each succeeding election for ,federal office4