1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Election Security Assistance Act . 2. Reports to Congress on foreign threats to elections (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 30 days after the end of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of the appropriate Federal entities, shall submit a joint report to the appropriate congressional committees and the chief State election official of each State on foreign threats to elections in the United States, including physical and cybersecurity threats. (b) Voluntary participation by States The Secretary shall solicit and consider voluntary comments from all State election agencies. Participation by an election agency in the report under this section shall be voluntary and at the discretion of the State. (c) Appropriate Federal entities In this section, the term appropriate Federal entities means— (1) the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (2) the Department of Defense; (3) the Department of Homeland Security, including the component of the Department that reports to the Under Secretary responsible for overseeing critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, and other related programs of the Department; (4) the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (5) the Election Assistance Commission