(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $19,063,000, 
of which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 
activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 
2002. 
ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 
$500,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-
mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 
States for activities to improve the administration of elec-
tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-
nology and make election security improvements, as au-
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thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 
deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections 
101(d)(2) and 103(a), shall be treated in the same manner 
as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 
further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-
eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 
103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 
Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-
tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$600,000’’: Provided 
further, That not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission 
shall make the payments to States under this heading: 
Provided further, That a State shall use such payment to 
replace voting systems which use direct-recording elec-
tronic voting machines with a voting system which uses 
an individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballot which is 
marked by the voter by hand or through the use of a non- 
tabulating ballot-marking device or system, so long as the 
voter shall have the option to mark his or her ballot by 
hand, and provides the voter with an opportunity to in-
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spect and confirm the marked ballot before casting (in this 
heading referred to as a ‘‘qualified voting system’’): Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of determining whether 
a voting system is a qualified voting system, a voter- 
verified paper audit trail receipt generated by a direct-re-
cording electronic voting machine is not a paper ballot: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to purchase or obtain any 
voting system which is not a qualified voting system: Pro-
vided further, That a State may use such payment to carry 
out other authorized activities to improve the administra-
tion of elections for Federal office only if the State cer-
tifies to the Election Assistance Commission that the 
State has replaced all voting systems which use direct-re-
cording electronic voting machines with qualified voting 
systems: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent 
of the amount of the payment made to a State under this 
heading shall be allocated in cash or in kind to the units 
of local government which are responsible for the adminis-
tration of elections for Federal office in the State: Pro-
vided further, That not later than two years after receiving 
a payment under this heading, a State shall make avail-
able funds for such activities in an amount equal to 5 per-
cent of the total amount of the payment made to the State 
under this heading. 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $376,070,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not less than $33,000,000 shall be for 
implementing title VIII of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as added by the Broadband 
DATA Act (Public Law 116–130): Provided, That 
$376,070,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed 
and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Com-
munications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses, and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2021 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2021 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), 
proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that 
may be retained and made available for obligation shall 
not exceed $134,495,000 for fiscal year 2021: Provided 
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further, That, of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $11,105,700 shall be for the sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL 
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 
universal service support payments to implement the Feb-
ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 
Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-
tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-
port payments. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Universal Service Con-
tribution Methodology’’ published by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission in the Federal Register on June 13, 
2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 27570). 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-
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