‘‘PART 7—PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR IMPLEMEN-
TATION OF ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 297. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR IMPLEMENTATION 
OF ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
of Accessibility (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘Director’) shall make payments to each el-
igible State (as described in subsection (c)) in an 
amount determined under paragraph (2) for each 
applicable period (as defined in paragraph (3)) be-
ginning on or after October 1, 2020. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), the amount of a payment made to 
a State for an applicable period shall be equal 
to the product of— 
‘‘(i) the total amount appropriated for 
requirements payments for the applicable 
period pursuant to the authorization under 
subsection (g); and 
‘‘(ii) the State allocation percentage 
for the State (as determined under sub-
paragraph (B)). 
‘‘(B) STATE
ALLOCATION
PERCENTAGE 
DEFINED.—The ‘State allocation percentage’ 
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for a State is the amount (expressed as a per-
centage) equal to the quotient of— 
‘‘(i) the voting age population of the 
State (as reported in the most recent de-
cennial census); and 
‘‘(ii) the total voting age population of 
all States (as reported in the most recent 
decennial census). 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM PAYMENT.—The amount of 
any payment made to an eligible State under 
this section shall not be less than $1,000,000. 
‘‘(D) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The Direc-
tor shall make such pro rata reductions to the 
allocations determined under subparagraph (A) 
as are necessary to comply with the require-
ments of subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(E) 
CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF 
FUNDS
AFTER
APPROPRIATION.—A payment 
made to a State under this section shall be 
available to the State without fiscal year limita-
tion. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE PERIOD DEFINED.—The ‘ap-
plicable period’, with respect to a payment under 
this section, is a period of 2 fiscal years. 
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‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO UNITS OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—At least 10 percent of funds 
allocated to a State under this section shall be dis-
tributed to units of local government to develop or 
upgrade accessible election websites and to share in-
formation with the statewide accessible election 
website as described in section 304. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible State shall use 
a payment under this section to meet the require-
ments of sections 304 through 309. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SEP-
ARATE
ACCESSIBLE
ELECTION
WEBSITES.—Funds 
under this section may not be used to establish ac-
cessible election websites for individuals with disabil-
ities and older individuals under section 304 that are 
separate from the election websites for the general 
population. Funds must be used to make existing 
election websites accessible, or to develop accessible 
election websites where one does not already exist. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State that desires to 
receive a payment under this section for an applica-
ble period shall submit an application for such pay-
ment to the Director at such time and in such man-
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ner and containing such information as the Director 
shall require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) with respect to the requirements 
under section 304 (relating to accessible elec-
tion websites)— 
‘‘(i) a description of the State plan as 
developed by the committee of appropriate 
individuals under subsection (c) of such 
section; 
‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State will 
work with State and local disability and 
aging advocates to ensure the election 
website is accessible to individuals with 
disabilities and older individuals; 
‘‘(iii) a description of how the State 
will ensure the election website maintains 
accessibility; 
‘‘(iv) a description of how the State 
will ensure information on the election 
website is accessible to local election offi-
cials; and 
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‘‘(v) identification of each organiza-
tion the State is partnering with pursuant 
to subsection (d) of such section in order 
to monitor and verify the accessibility of 
the State election website, including the 
written support of each such organization; 
‘‘(B) with respect to the requirements 
under sections 305 through 309, a description 
of how the State will meet such requirements; 
and 
‘‘(C) such other information as the Direc-
tor determines appropriate to ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of such sections 304 
through 309. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 6 
months after the end of each applicable period 
for which an eligible State received a payment 
under this section, the State shall submit a re-
port to the Director on the activities conducted 
using such payments during the applicable pe-
riod, and shall include in the report a list of ex-
penditures during such applicable period. 
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‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—Each report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall include the num-
ber and description of complaints and griev-
ances by individuals alleging their ability to reg-
ister to vote or vote was unfairly blocked or de-
layed. 
‘‘(2) REPORT BY DIRECTOR TO COMMITTEES.— 
With respect to each applicable period for which the 
Director makes payments under this section, the Di-
rector shall submit a report on the activities carried 
out under this section to the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Rules and Administration and the 
Special Committee on Aging of the Senate. 
‘‘(e) STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.—The Director 
shall establish standards and guidelines for approved ac-
tivities supported by payments under this section. Such 
standards and guidelines shall permit eligible States re-
ceiving such a payment to refine or adapt the standards 
and guidelines for an individual project, where such a re-
finement or adaptation is made necessary by a local cir-
cumstance. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘acces-
sible’, ‘individual with a disability’, ‘older individual’, and 
‘State’ have the meaning given those terms in section 304. 
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