I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5250 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to make an election administra-
tion improvement payment to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands under title I of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
to treat the Commonwealth as a State for the other purposes of such 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2010 
Mr. SABLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to make an 
election administration improvement payment to the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under 
title I of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, to treat 
the Commonwealth as a State for the other purposes 
of such Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT 
PAYMENT 
TO 
COMMONWEALTH 
OF 
THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
(a) PAYMENT TO COMMONWEALTH.—The Election 
Assistance Commission shall make a single payment to the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in an 
amount equal to the aggregate amount of the payments 
which would have been made to the Commonwealth under 
title I of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15301 et seq.) if— 
(1) the Commonwealth had been treated as a 
State under such Act at the time payments were 
made under such title to other States; and 
(2) the Commonwealth had been subject to the 
same minimum payment amounts applicable under 
such title to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Vir-
gin Islands. 
(b) USE OF PAYMENT.—The Commonwealth shall 
use the payment made under this section to carry out the 
same activities (subject to the same conditions) for which 
States received payments under title I of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for the payment under this section. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN 
MARIANA ISLANDS AS STATE FOR PURPOSES 
OF HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15541) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and the United States Virgin Islands’’ and inserting 
‘‘the United States Virgin Islands, and (except for pur-
poses of title I) the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO 
TREATMENT OF TERRITORIES.— 
(1) SELECTION OF LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS 
TO SERVE ON ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
STANDARDS BOARD.—Section 213(a)(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 15343(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘and American Samoa,’’ and inserting ‘‘American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands,’’. 
(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT OF REQUIREMENTS PAY-
MENT.—Section 252(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
15402(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or the United 
States Virgin Islands,’’ and inserting ‘‘the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands,’’. 
(3) CONSULTATION
OF
HELP
AMERICA
VOTE 
FOUNDATION WITH LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.— 
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Section 15602(c) of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the United States Virgin 
Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years begin-
ning with the first fiscal year which begins after funds 
are appropriated to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands pursuant to the grant under section 1. 
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