,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bg1        
#bjbj,miss ,rice of ,new ,york          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,permanent ,select     
,committee on ,intelligence  ,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 office4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,election ,security ,assessments
 ,act4  #b4 ,annual reports on          
pre-election threats ,not later than    
,january #cj1 #bjbj1 and annually       
thereafter1 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