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H.R. 5011: Election Security Act

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H.R. 5011: Election Security Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-02-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-02-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Election Security Act

Plain summary

Election Security Act This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish grant programs to support (1) states' compliance with certain voting system security requirements, including the use of voting systems that require individual paper ballots marked by hand; (2) states' audits of federal election results (i.e., manual counts of paper ballots); and (3) research and development directed at improving the security and reliability of election infrastructure. The bill also (1) requires the President to develop a national strategy to protect against attacks on U.S. democratic institutions, and (2) establishes the National Commission to Protect U.S. Democratic Institutions.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Election Security Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · 126 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), William R. Keating (D-MA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 66 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] reported raising $928,245 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5011 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115