United States S 3778: State Elections Preparedness Act

Bill Text

II 
116THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
S. 3778 
To  permit  the  Election  Assistance  Commission  to  waive  the  matching  require-
ment  for  payments  made  to  States  for  election  security  grants  under  
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. 
IN  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  
MAY20, 2020 
Mr.  B
ENNET(for  himself  and  Ms.  COLLINS)  introduced  the  following  bill;  
which  was  read  twice  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  and  Ad-
ministration 
A  BILL  
To  permit  the  Election  Assistance  Commission  to  waive  the  
matching  requirement  for  payments  made  to  States  for  
election  security  grants  under  the  Coronavirus  Aid,  Re-
lief, and Economic Security Act. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘State  Elections  Pre-4
paredness Act’’. 5
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•S  3778  IS
SEC.  2.  WAIVER  OF  MATCHING  REQUIREMENT  FOR  ELEC-1
TION SECURITY GRANTS TO STATES. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—In the case where the Election As-3
sistance  Commission  (referred  to  in  this  section  as  the  4
‘‘Commission’’)  determines  exigent  circumstances  related  5
to  the  COVID–19  pandemic  prevent  a  State  from  pro-6
viding  matching  funds  as  described  in  the  last  proviso  7
under the heading ‘‘Election Assistance Commission, Elec-8
tion  Security  Grants’’  in  the  Financial  Services  and  Gen-9
eral  Government  Appropriations  Act,  2020  (Public  Law  10
116–93;  133  Stat.  2461)  (relating  to  the  State  matching  11
funds  requirement),  the  Commission  may  waive  the  appli-12
cation  of  such  State  matching  funds  requirement  under  13
such  proviso  with  respect  to  any  payment  made  to  the  14
State  using  funds  appropriated  or  otherwise  made  avail-15
able to the Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 16
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 17
(b)  E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Subsection  (a)  shall  take  ef-18
fect  as  if  included  in  the  enactment  of  the  Coronavirus  19
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 20
136). 21
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