H.R. 3529: ALERTS Act
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H.R. 3529: ALERTS Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-27 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ALERTS Act
Plain summary
Achieving Lasting Electoral Reforms on Transparency and Security Act or the ALERTS Act This bill requires federal agencies and state and local governments to provide notification regarding election cybersecurity incidents. Specifically, federal entities must share information about an election cybersecurity incident with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If there is credible evidence that an unauthorized intrusion into an election system occurred that put voter information or other systems at risk, DHS must, with limited exceptions, share this information with relevant state and local offices and with appropriate members of Congress. State and local election offices must notify individuals possibly affected by this intrusion.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] · 35 cosponsors
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Darren Soto (D-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Jim Costa (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3529.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr3529 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116