H.R. 6777, Secure Our Elections Act
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H.R. 6777, the Secure Our Elections Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 8, 2020, by Mr. Neguse and referred to the Committee on House Administration. Section 2 repeals the State matching funds requirement for election security grants, providing that the last proviso under the heading Election Assistance Commission, Election Security Grants in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020, shall not apply to any payment made to a State using funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The repeal takes effect as if included in the enactment of that Act.
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“H.R. 6777, Secure Our Elections Act.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6777
To repeal the matching requirement for payments made to States for election
security grants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 8, 2020
Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To repeal the matching requirement for payments made to
States for election security grants under the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Our Elections
5 Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ELEC-
7 TION SECURITY GRANTS TO STATES.
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8 (a) REPEAL.—The last proviso under the heading
9 ‘‘Election Assistance Commission, Election Security
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1 Grants’’ in the Financial Services and General Govern-
2 ment Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–93; 133
3 Stat. 2461) (relating to the State matching funds require-
4 ment) shall not apply with respect to any payment made
5 to a State using funds appropriated or otherwise made
6 available to the Election Assistance Commission under the
7 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
8 lic Law 116–136).
9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
10 fect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus
11 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–
12 136).
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