H.R. 8118

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8118

To require the Election Assistance Commission to establish and maintain 
a publicly accessible database of private vendors that provide, 
support, or maintain any component of the election systems used in the 
administration of elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 26, 2026

Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. Crane) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration

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A BILL

To require the Election Assistance Commission to establish and maintain 
a publicly accessible database of private vendors that provide, 
support, or maintain any component of the election systems used in the 
administration of elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

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 ``Election Infrastructure Integrity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELECTION VENDOR TRANSPARENCY DATABASE.

(a) In General.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21083 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as sections 306 
and 307; and
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 305. ELECTION VENDOR TRANSPARENCY DATABASE.

``(a) In General.--The Commission shall establish and maintain a 
publicly accessible database of private vendors that provide, support, 
or maintain any component of the election systems used in the 
administration of elections for Federal office as submitted under 
subsection (b) by each State, unit of local government, and component 
of a State or unit of local government which is responsible for the 
administration of an election for Federal office.
``(b) Requirement To Submit Information to Commission.--Each State, 
unit of local government, or component of a State or unit of local 
government which is responsible for the administration of an election 
for Federal office shall, not later than 30 days after the date of each 
election for Federal office held in such State, submit to the 
Commission the information required under subsection (c) with respect 
to each private vendor that provided, supported, or maintained any 
component of the election systems used in the administration of such 
election for Federal office and the Commission shall promptly add such 
information to the database established under subsection (a).
``(c) Information Required.--With respect to a vendor described in 
subsection (b), the information required is as follows:
``(1) The identity of the vendor.
``(2) The terms of any contract or agreement with the 
vendor, except with respect to any information withheld due to 
security reasons.
``(3) Information with respect to the ownership of the 
vendor, including any parent companies, beneficial owners, and 
any foreign ownership or controlling interests.
``(d) Prohibition on Federal Funds for Election Administration If 
Noncompliant.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal 
funds may be provided under this Act or any other Act to administer an 
election for Federal office in a State if the State does not comply 
with the requirements under this section.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `beneficial owner' means a person that is 
determined to be a beneficial owner under section 240.13d-3 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
regulation;
``(2) the term `election system' means a voting system, an 
election management system, a voter registration website or 
database, an electronic pollbook, a system for tabulating or 
reporting election results, an election agency communications 
system, or any other information system (as defined in section 
3502 of title 44, United States Code) that the Commission 
identifies as central to the management, support, or 
administration of a Federal election; and
``(3) the term `voting system' has the meaning given the 
term in section 301(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 
U.S.C. 21081(b)).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Enforcement.--Section 401 of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ``and 304'' and 
inserting ``304, and 305''.
(c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended--
(1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 305 and 
306 as relating to sections 306 and 307; and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 304 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 305. Election vendor transparency database.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to elections for Federal office held in 2026 and 
each succeeding year.
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