,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjai,ms4 ,spanberger introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to require   
the ,director of ,national ,intelligence
 to submit a pre-election threat        
assessment prior to each regularly      
scheduled general election for ,federal 
office1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,strengthening ,elections ,through  
,intelligence ,act4  #b4 ,pre-election  
threat assessments  7a7 ,submission of  
assessment by ,,dni ,not later than #ahj
 days before the date of each regularly 
scheduled general election for ,federal 
office1 the ,director of ,national      
,intelligence shall submit an assessment
 of the full scope of threats to        
election infrastructure1 including      
cybersecurity threats posed by state    
actors and terrorist groups1 and        

recommendations to address or mitigate  
the threats1 as developed by the        
,secretary and ,chairman1 to--  7#a7 the
 chief ,state election official of each 
,state2  7#b7 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 ,senate2 and  7#c7 any other     
appropriate congressional committees4   
7b7 ,updates to initial assessments ,if1
 at any time after submitting an        
assessment with respect to an election  
under subsection 7a71 the ,director of  
,national ,intelligence determines that 
the assessment should be updated to     
reflect new information regarding the   
threats involved1 the ,director shall   
submit a revised assessment under such  
subsection4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this  
section1 the following definitions      
apply3 7#a7 ,the term ,chairman means   
the chair of the ,election ,assistance  

,commission4  7#b7 ,the term chief      
,state election official means1 with    
respect to a ,state1 the individual     
designated by the ,state under section  
#aj of the ,national ,voter             
,registration ,act of #aiic 7#eb        
,u4,s4,c4 #bjeji7 to be responsible for 
coordination of the ,state's            
responsibilities under such ,act4  7#c7 
,the term election infrastructure means 
storage facilities1 polling places1 and 
centralized vote tabulation locations   
used to support the administration of   
elections for public 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 an
 election agency4  7#d7 ,the term       
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,homeland ,security4  7#e7 ,the term    
,state has the meaning given such term  
in section #ija of the ,help ,america   
,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4      
#baada74  7d7 ,effective date ,this ,act
 shall apply with respect to the        
regularly scheduled general election for
 ,federal office held in ,november #bjbj
 and each succeeding regularly scheduled
 general election for ,federal office4