(5) Such other terms and conditions as may be 
agreed to by the Presidential designee and the chief 
State election official (consistent with the require-
ments of this Act). 
(c) ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED IN PROGRAMS.—In 
carrying out a pilot program under this Act, the Presi-
dential designee may consider the following issues: 
(1) The transmission of electronic voting mate-
rial across military networks. 
(2) Virtual private networks, cryptographic vot-
ing systems, centrally controlled voting stations, and 
other information security techniques. 
(3) The transmission of ballot representations 
and scanned pictures in a secure manner. 
(4) Capturing, retaining, and comparing elec-
tronic and physical ballot representations. 
(5) Utilization of voting stations at military 
bases. 
(6) Document delivery and upload systems. 
(7) The functional effectiveness of the applica-
tion or adoption of the pilot program to operational 
environments, taking into account environmental 
and logistical obstacles and State procedures. 
(d) 
PRIORITY
IN
SELECTION
OF
ELIGIBLE 
STATES.—In selecting among States eligible to participate 
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in a pilot program under this Act, the Presidential des-
ignee shall give priority to States with the greatest number 
of individuals eligible to register to vote and vote in elec-
tions for Federal office in the State who are absent uni-
formed services voters. 
(e) NO EFFECT
ON OTHER FEDERAL ELECTION 
LAWS.—The operation of a pilot program under this Act 
may not conflict with or substitute for existing Federal 
laws, regulations, or procedures with respect to the partici-
pation of absent uniformed services voters in elections for 
Federal office. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES TO PARTICIPATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State is eligible to participate 
in a pilot program under this Act if the chief State election 
official of the State submits to the Presidential designee, 
at such time and in such form as the Presidential designee 
may require, an application containing— 
(1) assurances that the State has established an 
advisory panel described in subsection (b); and 
(2) such other information and assurances as 
the Presidential designee may require. 
(b) STATE ADVISORY PANEL.— 
(1) PANELS
DESCRIBED.—An advisory panel 
described in this subsection is a panel established by 
the State to assist the chief State election official in 
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entering into and carrying out an agreement with 
the Presidential designee under section 1(b), con-
sisting of representatives of the following: 
(A) Local election officials in the State. 
(B) Members of the uniformed services 
who are residents of the State, including mem-
bers of the National Guard and Reserve Com-
ponents thereof. 
(C) The spouses and dependents of mem-
bers of the uniformed services who are residents 
of the State, including members of the National 
Guard and Reserve Components thereof. 
(D) The committees of the State legisla-
ture with jurisdiction over the election adminis-
tration laws of the State. 
(E) Organizations promoting the integrity 
of the voting process in the State. 
(2) METHOD OF ESTABLISHMENT.—The State 
shall establish the advisory panel under this sub-
section in a manner which ensures that the panel 
will be bipartisan in nature and will reflect the var-
ious geographic regions of the State. 
SEC. 3. REPORTS. 
The Presidential designee shall submit to Congress 
reports on the progress and outcomes of any pilot program 
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conducted under this Act, and shall include in the reports 
such recommendations as the Presidential designee con-
siders appropriate for further legislation and administra-
tive action. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘absent uniformed services voter’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 107(1) 
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–6(1)); 
(2) the ‘‘chief State election official’’ of a State 
is the individual designated by the State under sec-
tion 10 of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–8) to be responsible for co-
ordination of the State’s responsibilities under such 
Act; and 
(3) the term ‘‘State’’ includes the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Vir-
gin Islands. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
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