Sec. 10. Biennial reports on election security
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Not later than September 20 of each odd numbered year the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the security of Federal elections. The Secretary of Homeland Security may submit to the appropriate congressional committees periodic updates to the most recently filed report under paragraph (1). In preparing any report under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, and the Election Assistance Commission. Reports under subsection
(a)shall include the following: A list of States and jurisdictions that have received training, advice, and other cybersecurity assistance from the Department of Homeland Security. An inventory of the election equipment (hardware and software versions) that was used in each election precinct to conduct each election for Federal office during the period covered by the report. A list of known, unpatched security vulnerabilities in election equipment that was used in each election precinct to conduct each election for Federal office during the period covered by the report. Statistics about cyber attack attempts detected by States or the Federal Government against State election infrastructure during the period covered by the report. Incident reports from cyber attacks that required remediation during the period covered by the report. A full assessment of the security of Federal elections during the period covered by the report. An assessment of Federal and State cyber-security efforts to prepare for future Federal elections, together with any recommendations on further actions with respect to such efforts. The Secretary of Homeland Security may modify reports provided under paragraph
(5)to anonymize any information that would reveal the identity of the victim of such cyber attack if such revelation would disrupt the relationship between the Department of Homeland Security and a State or jurisdiction. Reports submitted under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. For purposes of this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on House Administration, the Committee on Homeland Security, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.