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House Bill 4555
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Federal Election Audit Act
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H. R. 4555 (Reported-in-House)

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.

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]

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