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.
The SECURE IT Act strengthens election security by requiring the Election Assistance Commission to include penetration testing—simulated hacking attempts—as part of its official testing and certification of voting systems, with new accredited laboratories conducting these tests within 180 days of the law's enactment. The bill also establishes a five-year voluntary pilot program that allows cybersecurity researchers to test election systems for vulnerabilities, with vendors and researchers protected from legal liability for good faith security research conducted through the program. Researchers who discover vulnerabilities must report them to vendors, the Commission, and the Department of Homeland Security while keeping findings confidential for 180 days, and vendors must provide security patches to election officials and have those patches expedited for certification review within 90 days. The legislation affects election system vendors, state and local election officials, and cybersecurity researchers, with no specific federal funding amount mentioned in the text but significant operational requirements placed on federal agencies involved in election oversight.
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