1. Establishment of Commission There is established the National Commission on the Cybersecurity of United States Election Systems (in this Act referred to as the Commission ). 2. Purposes The purposes of the Commission are— (1) to identify and document mitigation and response actions to or in the prevention of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in, or threats or attacks to, the election systems in the United States in 2016; (2) to document and describe any harm or attempted harm with respect to election systems in the United States in 2016; (3) to review foreign cyber interference in elections in other countries in order to understand additional cybersecurity threats, interference methods, and successful defense mechanisms; (4) to make a full and complete accounting of what emerging threats and unmitigated vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties remain and to identify likely threats to election systems in the United States; and (5) to report on the recommendations of the Commission for action at the Federal, State, and local level. 3. Composition of the Commission (a) Members The Commission shall be composed of 15 members, of whom— (1) 2 members shall be appointed by the Election Assistance Commission; (2) 3 members shall be appointed by the members of the National Association of Secretaries of State together with the members of the National Association of State Election Directors; (3) 5 members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, from all candidates nominated under subparagraphs (A) through (E), including— (A) 3 candidates nominated by the chairperson, in consultation with the ranking member, of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; (B) 3 candidates nominated by the chairperson, in consultation with the ranking member of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; (C) 3 candidates nominated by the chairperson, in consultation with the ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate