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Election Infrastructure Integrity Act
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.
Summary
The Election Infrastructure Integrity Act would require the Election Assistance Commission to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database of private vendors that provide, support, or maintain election systems used in federal elections. States and local election jurisdictions would be required to submit information to the commission within 30 days after each federal election, including the vendor's identity, contract terms (except security-sensitive information), and ownership details including parent companies, beneficial owners, and any foreign ownership or controlling interests. The database would provide transparency regarding which vendors are involved in administering federal elections across the country. States that fail to comply with the submission requirements would lose federal funding for election administration. The requirement would apply to elections held in 2026 and thereafter.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
4 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Mar 26, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Mar 26, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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