S. 3778, State Elections Preparedness Act
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S. 3778 was introduced in the Senate on May 20, 2020, by Bennet for himself and Collins. It may be cited as the State Elections Preparedness Act. Section 2 provides that if the Election Assistance Commission determines that exigent circumstances related to the COVID–19 pandemic prevent a State from providing matching funds, the Commission may waive the State matching funds requirement for any payment made to the State using funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Subsection (a) takes effect as if included in the enactment of that Act.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
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
MAY 20, 2020
Mr. BENNET (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.
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 ‘‘State Elections Pre-
5 paredness Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ELEC-
2 TION SECURITY GRANTS TO STATES.
3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case where the Election As-
4 sistance Commission (referred to in this section as the
5 ‘‘Commission’’) determines exigent circumstances related
6 to the COVID–19 pandemic prevent a State from pro-
7 viding matching funds as described in the last proviso
8 under the heading ‘‘Election Assistance Commission, Elec-
9 tion Security Grants’’ in the Financial Services and Gen-
10 eral Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law
11 116–93; 133 Stat. 2461) (relating to the State matching
12 funds requirement), the Commission may waive the appli-
13 cation of such State matching funds requirement under
14 such proviso with respect to any payment made to the
15 State using funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
16 able to the Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
17 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).
18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
19 fect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus
20 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–
21 136).
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