,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hiia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #af1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,posey 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
 the use of voting systems in elections 
for ,federal office whose hardware and  
software components are not manufactured
 and maintained in the ,united ,states  
or which are produced by foreign        
entities1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,american ,election ,security ,act4 
#b4 ,prohibiting use of voting system   
produced by foreign entity in elections 
for ,federal office  7a7 ,prohibition   
,section #cja7;a7 of the ,help ,america 
,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4      
#bajha7;a77 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs3  7#g7 
,system hardware and software           
manufactured and maintained in ,united  

,states ,all of the hardware components 
and all of the software components of   
the system shall be manufactured in the 
,united ,states1 and all of the hardware
 components or software components shall
 be maintained and serviced only by     
persons who are in the ,united ,states4 
7#h7 ,system not produced by foreign    
entity  7,a7 ,in general ,the voting    
system may not be produced by a foreign 
entity4  7,b7 ,foreign entity defined   
,in subparagraph 7,a71 the term foreign 
entity means any of the following3 7i7  
,a foreign national4  7ii7 ,any         
corporation which is not a foreign      
national and in which a foreign national
 or an alien directly or indirectly owns
 or controls any voting share4  7iii7   
,any corporation which is not a foreign 
national and with respect to which any  
of the members of the board of directors
 are foreign nationals or aliens4  7iv7 
,any corporation which is not a foreign 
national and over which one or more     
foreign nationals or aliens has the     

power to direct1 dictate1 or control the
 decision-making process of the         
corporation with respect to its         
interests in the ,united ,states4  7,c7 
,foreign national defined ,in this      
paragraph1 the term foreign national has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#a7;b7 of the ,foreign ,agents          
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;b771 except that   
such term shall not include any         
individual who is a citizen of the      
,united ,states4  7,d7 ,alien defined   
,in this paragraph1 the term alien means
 an individual who is not a citizen of  
the ,united ,states or a national of the
 ,united ,states 7as defined in section 
#aja7;a77#bb7 of the ,immigration and   
,nationality ,act71 and who is not      
lawfully admitted for permanent         
residence 7as defined in section        
#aja7;a77#bj7 of such ,act74  4  7b7    
,effective date ,section #cja7;d7 of    
such ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajha7;d77 is 
amended to read as follows3  7d7        

,effective date  7#a7 ,in general       
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
each ,state and jurisdiction shall be   
required to comply with the requirements
 of this section on and after ,january  
#a1 #bjjf4  7#b7 ,special rule for      
requirements relating to foreign        
entities ,in the case of the            
requirements of paragraphs 7#g7 and 7#h7
 of subsection 7a71 each ,state and     
jurisdiction shall be required to comply
 with such requirements on and after the
 date of the enactment of the ,american 
,election ,security ,act4  4