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Union Calendar No. 275 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 195 
[Report No. 114–361] 
To terminate the Election Assistance Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2015 
Mr. HARPER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To terminate the Election Assistance Commission. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Election Assistance 
Commission Termination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) TERMINATION.—The Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE X—TERMINATION OF 
COMMISSION 
‘‘SEC. 1001. TERMINATION. 
‘‘Effective on the Commission termination date, the 
Commission (including the Election Assistance Commis-
sion Standards Board and the Election Assistance Com-
mission Board of Advisors under part 2 of subtitle A of 
title II) is terminated and may not carry out any programs 
or activities. 
‘‘SEC. 1002. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO 
PERFORM TRANSITION FUNCTIONS. 
‘‘Except as provided in section 1004, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall, effective 
upon the Commission termination date— 
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‘‘(1) perform the functions of the Commission 
with respect to contracts and agreements described 
in subsection 1003(a) until the expiration of such 
contracts and agreements, but shall not renew any 
such contract or agreement; and 
‘‘(2) take the necessary steps to wind up the af-
fairs of the Commission. 
‘‘SEC. 1003. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) PRIOR CONTRACTS.—The termination of the 
Commission under this title shall not affect any contract 
that has been entered into by the Commission before the 
Commission termination date. All such contracts shall 
continue in effect until modified, superseded, terminated, 
set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by an author-
ized Federal official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or 
operation of law. 
‘‘(b) OBLIGATIONS OF RECIPIENTS OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The termination of the 
Commission under this title shall not affect the au-
thority of any recipient of a payment made by the 
Commission under this Act prior to the Commission 
termination date to use any portion of the payment 
that remains unobligated as of the Commission ter-
mination date, and the terms and conditions that 
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applied to the use of the payment at the time the 
payment was made shall continue to apply. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
STATES
RECEIVING 
REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS.—In the case of a re-
quirements payment made to a State under part 1 
of subtitle D of title II, the terms and conditions ap-
plicable to the use of the payment for purposes of 
the State’s obligations under this subsection (as well 
as any obligations in effect prior to the termination 
of the Commission under this subtitle), and for pur-
poses of any applicable requirements imposed by 
regulations promulgated by the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, shall be the general 
terms and conditions applicable under Federal law, 
rules, and regulations to payments made by the Fed-
eral Government to a State, except that to the ex-
tent that such general terms and conditions are in-
consistent with the terms and conditions that are 
specified under part 1 of subtitle D of title II or sec-
tion 902, the terms and conditions specified under 
such part and such section shall apply. 
‘‘(c) PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
‘‘(1) NO EFFECT ON PENDING PROCEEDINGS.— 
The termination of the Commission under this title 
shall not affect any proceeding to which the Com-
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mission is a party that is pending on the Commis-
sion termination date, including any suit to which 
the Commission is a party that is commenced prior 
to such date, and the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall be substituted or added 
as a party to the proceeding. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF ORDERS.—In the case of 
a proceeding described in paragraph (1), an order 
may be issued, an appeal may be taken, judgments 
may be rendered, and payments may be made as if 
the Commission had not been terminated. Any such 
order shall continue in effect until modified, termi-
nated, superseded, or revoked by an authorized Fed-
eral official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or op-
eration of law. 
‘‘(3) 
CONSTRUCTION
RELATING
TO
DIS-
CONTINUANCE OR MODIFICATION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the dis-
continuance or modification of any proceeding de-
scribed in paragraph (1) under the same terms and 
conditions and to the same extent that such pro-
ceeding could have been discontinued or modified if 
the Commission had not been terminated. 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS
FOR
TRANSFER
OF
PRO-
CEEDINGS.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
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