‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the provisions of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 
and 2022; 
‘‘(B) $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 
and 2024; and 
‘‘(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 
and 2026. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS 
AFTER APPROPRIATION.—A payment made to an eli-
gible State under this section shall be available to 
the State without fiscal year limitation, but shall 
only be used for the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(h) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
REQUIREMENTS
PAY-
MENTS.—Any payment to a State under this section shall 
be in addition to any requirements payment under section 
251 and shall not be taken into account in determining 
the amount of such payment under section 252.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 296 the following new item: 
‘‘PART 7—PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCESSIBILITY 
REQUIREMENTS 
‘‘Sec. 297. Payments to States for implementation of accessibility require-
ments.’’. 
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SEC. 208. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RE-
LATING TO ISSUANCE OF VOLUNTARY GUID-
ANCE AND ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF VOLUNTARY GUIDANCE BY ELEC-
TION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.—Section 311 of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21101) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subtitle A’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subtitles A and B’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) in the case of the recommendations with 
respect to sections 304 through 309, January 1, 
2021.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OFFICE
OF ACCESSI-
BILITY.—The Commission shall coordinate with the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission Office of Accessibility estab-
lished under section 223 in adopting recommendations 
with respect to sections 304 through 309.’’. 
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(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 21111) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 302, 
and 303’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title III’’. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 301. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANT 
PROGRAM TO ASSURE VOTING ACCESS FOR 
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) PURPOSES OF PAYMENTS.—Section 261(b) of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21021(b)) is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) making absentee voting and voting in an 
individual’s place of residence accessible to individ-
uals with the full range of disabilities (including im-
pairments involving vision, hearing, mobility, cog-
nition, or dexterity) through the implementation of 
accessible absentee voting systems that work in con-
junction with assistive technologies for which indi-
viduals have access at their homes, independent liv-
ing centers, long-term care facilities, or other facili-
ties in a manner that provides the same opportunity 
for access and participation (including privacy and 
independence) as for other voters; 
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‘‘(2) making polling places, including the path 
of travel, entrances, exits, and voting areas of each 
polling facility, accessible to individuals with disabil-
ities, including the blind and visually impaired, in a 
manner that provides the same opportunity for ac-
cess and participation (including privacy and inde-
pendence) as for other voters; and 
‘‘(3) providing solutions to problems of access 
to voting and elections for individuals with disabil-
ities that are universally designed and provide the 
same opportunities for individuals with and without 
disabilities.’’. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 264(a) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 21024(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding 
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this part.’’. 
(c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 
264 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21024) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Any 
amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
section (b), any amounts’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) RETURN AND TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) DEADLINE FOR OBLIGATION AND EXPEND-
ITURE.—In the case of any amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) for a 
payment to a State or unit of local government for 
fiscal year 2021 or any succeeding fiscal year, any 
portion of such amounts which have not been obli-
gated or expended by the State or unit of local gov-
ernment prior to the expiration of the 4-year period 
which begins on the date the State or unit of local 
government first received the amounts shall be 
transferred to the Commission. 
‘‘(2) 
REALLOCATION
OF
TRANSFERRED 
AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
use the amounts transferred under paragraph 
(1) to make payments on a pro rata basis to 
each covered payment recipient described in 
subparagraph (B), which may obligate and ex-
pend such payment for the purposes described 
in section 261(b) during the 1-year period 
which begins on the date of receipt. 
‘‘(B) COVERED PAYMENT RECIPIENTS DE-
SCRIBED.—In subparagraph (A), a ‘covered 
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