H.R. 7905 · 116th Congress
EASE Act
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DavisSponsor16 cosponsors · 16 R
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Calvert
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Chabot
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Diaz-Balart
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Garcia
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Guthrie
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McCaul
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Meuser
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Nunes
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Stefanik
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Young
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Kelly
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Carter
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Scott
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Allen
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Bishop
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Loudermilk10 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make payments to assist states with administering elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Further, it establishes a specified technology committee and unit within the EAC to address the security of election technology.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 31, 2020
Emergency Assistance for Safe Elections Act or the EASE Act
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make payments to assist states with administering elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Further, it establishes a specified technology committee and unit within the EAC to address the security of election technology. It also makes a state ineligible to receive certain funding for elections unless it generally prohibits the knowing collection and transmission of a ballot in a federal election that was mailed to another person (commonly referred to as ballot harvesting).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: EASE Act
Also known as: Emergency Assistance for Safe Elections Act
Latest action (Jul 31, 2020): 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.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 31, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.