[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3268 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3268

  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
 study to evaluate the failures and total system breakdown of the 2020 
                 Iowa caucuses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2020

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
 study to evaluate the failures and total system breakdown of the 2020 
                 Iowa caucuses, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Determining Election Blunders And 
Correcting Logical Errors Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO STUDY ON THE FAILURES AND TOTAL SYSTEM BREAKDOWN OF THE 
              2020 IOWA CAUCUSES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States (in this 
section referred to as the ``Comptroller General'') shall initiate a 
study of--
            (1) mismanagement by State party leaders overseeing the 
        2020 Iowa caucuses;
            (2) the degree to which top-down decision making by the 
        Democratic National Committee contributed to the failures of 
        the 2020 Iowa caucuses;
            (3) whether actions by State party leaders and the 
        Democratic National Committee contributed to cyber 
        vulnerabilities in the technology employed for the 2020 Iowa 
        caucuses;
            (4) the extent to which the 2020 Iowa caucuses have shaken 
        the public's faith and confidence in the Iowa election system; 
        and
            (5) the potential dangers in changing election technology 
        and methods from existing approaches.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after initiating the study 
required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee 
on House Administration of the House of Representatives a report on the 
results of the study that sets forth the findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations, if any, of the study.
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