Securing and Heightening the Integrity of our Elections and Lawful Democracy Act
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to secure and heighten the integrity of elections, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Election integrity
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“(A) To coordinate cybersecurity efforts between the Department and political campaign committees in order to—
“(i) develop a program to update computer security at political campaign committees;
“(ii) share information on cybersecurity risks with such committees;
“(iii) provide guest lecturer programs in which professional computer security experts instruct campaign professionals on how best to defend against cybersecurity risks; and
“(iv) establish an Election Security Board of Advisors to make recommendations about securing elections against cybersecurity risks.
“(B) In this paragraph—
“(i) the term “cybersecurity risk” has the meaning given such term in section 227; and
“(ii) the term “political campaign committee” means—
“(I) a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), including a political committee of a national, State, or local political party; and
“(II) a campaign committee of a candidate for election for State or local office.”