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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2238 (Introduced in Senate) — To protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure us... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the or the Securing America's Federal Elections Act . SAFE Act The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Financial Support for Election Infrastructure Subtitle A—Voting System Security Improvement Grants Part 1—Promoting Accuracy, Integrity, and Security Through Voter-Verifiable Permanent Paper Ballot Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Paper ballot and manual counting requirements. Sec. 103. Accessibility and ballot verification for individuals with disabilities.
Sec. 104. Durability and readability requirements for ballots. Sec. 105. Paper ballot printing requirements. Sec. 106. Updated study and report on optimal ballot design. Sec. 107. Effective date for new requirements. Part 2—Grants To Carry Out Improvements Sec. 111. Grants for obtaining compliant paper ballot voting systems and carrying out voting system security improvements. Sec. 112. Grants for accessible ballot marking devices. Sec. 113. Grants for ballot design and printing.
Sec. 114. Coordination of voting system security activities with use of requirements payments and election administration requirements under Help America Vote Act of 2002. Sec. 115. Incorporation of definitions. Subtitle B—Risk-Limiting Audits Sec. 121. Risk-limiting audits. Sec. 122. Funding for conducting post-election risk-limiting audits. Sec. 123. GAO analysis of effects of audits. Tite II—Promoting Cybersecurity Through Improvements in Election Administration Sec. 201. Cybersecurity requirements for and testing and certification of voting systems.
Sec. 202. Voting system cybersecurity requirements. Sec. 203. Testing of existing voting systems to ensure compliance with election cybersecurity guidelines and other guidelines. Sec. 204. Requiring use of software and hardware for which information is disclosed by manufacturer. Sec. 205. Treatment of electronic poll books as part of voting systems. Sec. 206. Pre-election reports on voting system usage. Sec. 207. Streamlining collection of election information. Title III—Use of Voting Machines Manufactured in the United States Sec. 301.
Use of voting machines manufactured in the United States. Title IV—Severability Sec. 401. Severability.
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