1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Campaign Cybersecurity Assistance Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The intelligence community has confirmed that the Russian government meddled in our elections. (2) Candidates for Federal office from both major political parties have been targeted by sophisticated cyber-attacks. (3) There is a compelling governmental interest in preventing foreign influence over the United States political process, and that this includes protecting the political process, the parties, and individual campaigns from cyber-attacks. 3. Allowing certain expenditures for cybersecurity-related services or assistance (a) Use of building funds (1) In general Subsection (a)(9)(B) of section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30116 ) is amended— (A) by inserting (i) after (B) ; (B) in clause (i), as added by subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following new sentence: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, such account may also be used to defray the expenses incurred for secure information communications technology or cybersecurity products or services for the national committee, a State party, or for a candidate or his or her authorized committee, regardless of whether the expense otherwise relates to the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of one or more headquarters buildings of the party.