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[H.R. 4555 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 385
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4555
[Report No. 118-465]
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow the use of
requirements payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to
an election for Federal office in a State.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 11, 2023
Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
April 17, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July
11, 2023]
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A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow the use of
requirements payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to
an election for Federal office in a State.
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 ``Federal Election Audit Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS FOR POST-ELECTION AUDITS.
(a) Permitting Use of Payments for Audits.--Section 251(b)(1) of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)(1)) is amended by
inserting ``, including to conduct and publish an audit of the
effectiveness and accuracy of the voting systems, nonvoting election
technology (as defined in paragraph (4)(B)), election procedures, and
outcomes used to carry out an election for Federal office in the State
and the performance of the State and local election officials who
carried out the election, but only if the audit meets the requirements
of paragraph (4)(A)'' after ``requirements of title III''.
(b) Requirements for Audits; Nonvoting Election Technology
Defined.--Section 251(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Requirements for audits conducted with requirements
payments.--
``(A) In general.--An audit described in paragraph
(1) meets the requirements of this paragraph if--
``(i) no individual who participates in
conducting the audit is an employee or
contractor of an office of the State or local
government which is responsible for the
administration of elections for Federal office
or of a subsidiary or affiliate of such an
office; and
``(ii) the audit includes an examination of
compliance with established processes for voter
registration, voter check-in, voting,
tabulation, canvassing, post-election
proceedings (such as recounts and recanvasses),
and reporting of results.
``(B) Nonvoting election technology defined.--In
paragraph (1), the term `nonvoting election technology'
means technology used in the administration of
elections for Federal office which is not used directly
in the casting, counting, tabulating, or collecting of
ballots or votes, including each of the following:
``(i) Electronic pollbooks or other systems
used to check in voters at a polling place or
verify a voter's identification.
``(ii) Election result reporting systems.
``(iii) Electronic ballot delivery systems.
``(iv) Online voter registration systems.
``(v) Polling place location search
systems.
``(vi) Sample ballot portals.
``(vii) Signature systems.
``(viii) Such other technology as may be
recommended for treatment as nonvoting election
technology as the Standards Board may
recommend.''.
(c) Sense of Congress Regarding Timing of Audits.--It is the sense
of Congress that post-election audits of the effectiveness and accuracy
of the voting systems, election procedures, and outcomes used to carry
out an election for Federal office in a State and the performance of
the State and local election officials who carried out the election are
most effective when the audits are completed before the expiration of
the period during which persons are authorized under State law to
challenge the results of the election.
Union Calendar No. 385
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4555
[Report No. 118-465]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow the use of
requirements payments to conduct a post-election audit with respect to
an election for Federal office in a State.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 17, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed