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Senate Bill 3778
116th Congress(2019-2020)
State Elections Preparedness Act
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Introduced in Senate on May 20, 2020
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S. 3778 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3778


To permit the Election Assistance Commission to waive the matching requirement 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 Administration

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, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “State Elections Preparedness Act”.

SEC. 2. Waiver of matching requirement for election security grants to States.

(a) In general.—In the case where the Election Assistance Commission (referred to in this section as the “Commission”) determines exigent circumstances related to the COVID–19 pandemic prevent a State from providing matching funds as described in the last proviso under the heading “Election Assistance Commission, Election Security Grants” in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–93; 133 Stat. 2461) (relating to the State matching funds requirement), the Commission may waive the application of such State matching funds requirement under such proviso with respect to any payment made to the State using funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).

(b) Effective date.—Subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).