; and (4) to provide a list of qualified organizations to the Election Assistance Commission in order to ensure it is readily available to State election officials. (b) State defined In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands. 5. Information sharing with State election officials (a) Security clearance (1) Expediting provision of clearance for chief State election officials Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an expedited process for providing the appropriate security clearance for the chief State election official of each State and 1 designee selected by such official to ensure that information relating to cybersecurity incidents and threats is communicated to such officials in a timely manner. (2) State defined In this subsection, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands. (b) Information sharing Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence shall establish a cybersecurity incident notification process and cybersecurity incident response protocols for the sharing of information among State and Federal officials relating to election cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and breaches. (c) Report to congress (1) In general Not later than 30 days after the day of enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a joint report to appropriate congressional committees in both classified and unclassified form, on foreign threats to elections in the United States. The report shall address the current and probable threats to our election system and strategies to prevent foreign interference. (2)