Voting System Cybersecurity Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1454 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to add a representative of the Department of Homeland Security from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on the Technical Guidelines Development Committee. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 14, 2019 Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. JOHN- SON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to add a representative of the Department of Homeland Security from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on the Technical Guidelines Development Com- mittee. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voting System Cyber- 4 security Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:14 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1454.IS S1454 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1454 IS SEC. 2. ADDITION OF REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPARTMENT 1 OF HOMELAND SECURITY FROM CYBERSECU- 2 RITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 3 AGENCY ON TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVEL- 4 OPMENT COMMITTEE. 5 Section 221(c)(1) of the Help America Vote Act of 6 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20961(c)(1)) is amended— 7 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 8 by striking ‘‘14’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’; 9 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub- 10 paragraph (F); and 11 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol- 12 lowing new subparagraph: 13 ‘‘(E) A representative of the Department 14 of Homeland Security from the Cybersecurity 15 and Infrastructure Security Agency who has 16 operational expertise in cybersecurity.’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:14 May 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1454.IS S1454 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS