; or . D Protection of Election Records and Election Infrastructure 3301. Strengthen protections for Federal election records (a) Finding of Constitutional authority Congress finds as follows: (1) Congress has explicit and broad authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of Federal elections under the Elections Clause under article I, section 4, clause 1 of the Constitution, including by establishing standards for the fair, impartial, and uniform administration of Federal elections by State and local officials. (2) The Elections Clause grants Congress plenary and paramount jurisdiction over the whole subject of Federal elections, Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371, 388 (1879), allowing Congress to implement a complete code for congressional elections . Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355, 366 (1932). (3) The fair and impartial administration of Federal elections by State and local officials is central to the successful working of this government , Ex parte Yarbrough, 110 U.S. 651, 666 (1884), and to protect the act of voting . . . and the election itself from corruption or fraud , id. at 661–62. (4) The Elections Clause thus grants Congress the authority to strengthen the protections for Federal election records. (5) Congress has intervened in the electoral process to protect the health and legitimacy of federal elections, including for example, Congress’ enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 as a response to several issues that occurred during the 2000 Presidential election. See The Elections Clause: Constitutional Interpretation and Congressional Exercise , Hearing Before Comm. on House Administration, 117th Cong. (2021), written testimony of Vice Dean Franita Tolson at 3. (b) Strengthening of protections Section 301 of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 ( 52 U.S.C. 20701 ) is amended— (1) by striking Every officer and inserting the following: (a) In general Every officer