US Congress House Bill 6246 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a voting system used in a federal election from containing or using any election-dedicated voting system technology which is not deposited by the state (or at the state's option by the vendor of the technology) with the National Software Reference Library of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) before the election. Requires the Director of NIST to: (1) hold the technology in escrow; and (2) disclose it and information about it to a qualified person who has entered into a nondisclosure agreement with respect to it, or to whom the Director is permitted or required to disclose the technology under state law.

Verifying Official Totals for Elections Act

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
2012-08-01	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2012-08-01	House	Referred to House House Administration
2012-08-01	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2012-08-01	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5530-5531)

HB5799 (Related) 2012-09-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
HB5816 (Related) 2012-06-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
SB3608 (Related) 2012-09-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6246/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6246/BILLS-112hr6246ih.pdf