,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1         
#bjai,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,klobuchar1 and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require information    
sharing with respect to the ownership of
 election service providers4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,election ,systems ,integrity ,act or   
the ,,esia4  #b4 ,information sharing   
with respect to ownership of election   
service providers  7a7 ,in general ,each
 election service provider shall submit 
to the ,secretary and the ,commission   
the following3  7#a7 ,not later than the
 date that is #ij days after the later  
of the date of the enactment of this    
section or the date that a person first 
becomes an election service provider1 a 
report listing the identity of any      
foreign national 7as defined in section 

#cai7;b7 of the ,federal ,election      
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjaba7;b777 who directly or indirectly 
owns or controls such election service  
provider1 and the percentage of such    
ownership4  7#b7 ,not later than #ij    
days after the date of any material     
change in ownership or control of such  
election service provider1 a notice of  
such change and an update of any        
information previously reported under   
paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,civil penalty for 
failure ,to report ,if an election      
service provider fails to submit a      
report required under subsection 7a71   
the ,attorney ,general may1 after notice
 and opportunity for hearing1 impose a  
civil fine of #aj1jjj4  7c7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3  7#a7 ,commission    
,the term ,commission means the         
,election ,assistance ,commission4  7#b7
 ,election service provider ,the term   
election service provider means any     
person providing1 supporting1 or        
maintaining an election system on behalf

 of an election agency1 such as a       
contractor or vendor4  7#c7 ,election   
system ,the term election system means a
 voting system1 an election management  
system1 a voter registration website or 
database1 an electronic pollbook1 a     
system for tabulating or reporting      
election results1 an election agency    
communications system1 or any other     
information system 7as defined in       
section #cejb of title #dd1 ,united     
,states ,code7 that the ,secretary1 in  
consultation with the ,commission1      
identifies as central to the management1
 support1 or administration of a        
,federal election4  7#d7 ,federal       
election ,the term ,federal election    
means a general1 special1 primary1 or   
runoff election for the office of       
,president or ,vice ,president1 or of a 
,senator or ,representative in1 or      
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress that is conducted by an  
election agency4  7#e7 ,secretary ,the  
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 

,homeland ,security4