Sec. 3021. Election infrastructure innovation grant program
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Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended— by redesignating the second section 319 (relating to EMP and GMD mitigation research and development) as section 320; and by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, in coordination with the Chairman of the Election Assistance Commission (established pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002) and in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall establish a competitive grant program to award grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, for purposes of research and development that are determined to have the potential to significantly improve the security (including cybersecurity), quality, reliability, accuracy, accessibility, and affordability of election infrastructure, and increase voter participation.
Not later than 90 days after the conclusion of each fiscal year for which grants are awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report describing such grants and analyzing the impact, if any, of such grants on the security and operation of election infrastructure, and on voter participation.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2027 for purposes of carrying out this section. In this section, the term eligible entity means— an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ), including an institution of higher education that is a historically Black college or university (which has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 322 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1061 )) or other minority-serving institution listed in section 371(a) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) ); an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; or an organization, association, or a for-profit company, including a small business concern (as such term is defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )), including a small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as defined under section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C) ). .
Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(6)through
(20)as paragraphs
(7)through (21), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following new paragraph: The term election infrastructure means storage facilities, polling places, and centralized vote tabulation locations used to support the administration of elections for public office, as well as related information and communications technology, including voter registration databases, voting machines, electronic mail and other communications systems (including electronic mail and other systems of vendors who have entered into contracts with election agencies to support the administration of elections, manage the election process, and report and display election results), and other systems used to manage the election process and to report and display election results on behalf of an election agency. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by striking both items relating to section 319 and the item relating to section 318 and inserting the following new items: Sec. 318. Social media working group. Sec. 319. Transparency in research and development. Sec. 320. EMP and GMD mitigation research and development. Sec. 321. Election infrastructure innovation grant program. .
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