Section 33January 23, 2007, Sec./Art. 33

Joint Congressional Oversight Committee. - An Oversight Committee is hereby created composed of seven members each from the Senate and the House of Representatives, four of whom shall come from the majority and three from the minority, to monitor and evaluate the implementation of this Act. A written report to the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be submitted by the Advisory Council within six months from the date of election. The oversight committee shall conduct a mandatory review of this Act every twelve (12) months from the date of the last regular national or local elections."

"The oversight committee shall conduct a comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the performance of the different AES technologies implemented and shall make appropriate recommendations to Congress, in session assembled, specifically including the following:

1. An assessment and comparison of each of the AES technologies utilized, including their strengths, weakness, applicability or inapplicability in specific areas and situations;

2. An evaluation of their accuracy through a comparison of a random sample of the AES election results with a manual tabulation, and the conduct of similar tests;

3. As to the scope of AES implementation in the subsequent elections, provide for recommendations as to whether any of the following should be adopted:

"a. Further test application of the AES or a particular AES technology used in the 2007 elections, whether in the same or others areas;

"b. An increase or enlargement of areas for implementation of the AES or an AES technology and not a full implementation; or

"c. A full implementation of the AES.

4. As to the kind of AES technology, provide for proposals as to whether:

a) A particular AES technology should no longer be utilized for being obsolete, inapplicable, inaccurate or with a defect which cannot be remedied;

b) An enhancement or improvement is needed to an AES technology which was used in the 2007 election to make it more functional, appropriate and accurate;

c) A particular AES technology is already appropriate and should be utilized fully for subsequent election; or

d) The testing or adoption of new technologies which may have emerged after the 2007 elections is needed."