; (2) the chief State election official of each State; (3) the Election Assistance Commission; and (4) the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (c) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States that equipment used for voting in American elections be developed, programmed, manufactured, and assembled within the United States under the authority of United States persons. D District of Columbia Election Integrity and Voter Confidence 141. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Election Integrity and Voter Confidence Act . 142. Statement of congressional authority; findings (a) Statement of congressional authority Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions for the administration of elections for public office in the District of Columbia— (1) pursuant to article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the exclusive power to enact legislation with respect to the seat of the government of the United States; (2) with recognition of the Residence Act of 1790, which Congress passed pursuant to the above authority and which established the City of Washington in the District of Columbia as the seat of the government of the United States; (3) pursuant to article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution its enumerated powers