US HB6673 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 1 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish guidelines for failsafe plans for the administration of elections for Federal office in the event that the ability of a State to administer the election is adversely affected by a terrorist attack, a cybersecurity incident, or a public health emergency, to require States to establish and administer failsafe plans in accordance with such guidelines and to provide funds to assist State and local election officials in the establishment and administration of such plans, and for other purposes.
Title
Federal Election Failsafe Act
Sponsors
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-06-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation. |
2020-05-01 | House | Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2020-05-01 | House | Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2020-05-01 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government operations and politics
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government operations and politics
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Terrorism
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6673/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6673/BILLS-116hr6673ih.pdf |