SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees De-
serve to Volunteer on the Elections Act of 2008’’ or the 
‘‘FEDVOTE Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAVE TO SERVE AS A POLL WORKER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 6329. Absence in connection with serving as a poll 
worker 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee in or under an Ex-
ecutive agency is entitled to leave, without loss of or reduc-
tion in pay, leave to which otherwise entitled, credit for 
time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, not 
to exceed 6 days in a leave year, in order— 
‘‘(1) to provide election administration assist-
ance to a State or unit of local government at a poll-
ing place on the date of any election for public of-
fice; or 
‘‘(2) to receive any training without which such 
employee would be ineligible to provide such assist-
ance. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management may prescribe regulations for the 
administration of this section, including regulations set-
ting forth the terms and conditions of the election admin-
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istration assistance an employee may provide for purposes 
of subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 6328 the 
following: 
‘‘6329. Absence in connection with serving as a poll worker.’’. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO STATES FOR POLL WORKER RECRUIT-
MENT AND TRAINING. 
(a) GRANTS
BY ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMIS-
SION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Election Assistance 
Commission (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’) shall make a grant to each eligible State for 
recruiting and training individuals to serve as non-
partisan poll workers on dates of elections for public 
office. 
(2) USE OF COMMISSION MATERIALS.—In car-
rying out activities with a grant provided under this 
section, the recipient of the grant shall use the man-
ual prepared by the Commission on successful prac-
tices for poll worker recruiting, training and reten-
tion as an interactive training tool, and shall develop 
training programs with the participation and input 
of experts in adult learning. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 
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(1) APPLICATION.—Each State that desires to 
receive a payment under this section shall submit an 
application for the payment to the Commission at 
such time and in such manner and containing such 
information as the Commission shall require. 
(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) describe the activities for which assist-
ance under this section is sought; 
(B) provide assurances that the funds pro-
vided under this section will be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other funds used to 
carry out the activities; 
(C) provide assurances that the State will 
furnish the Commission with information on the 
number of individuals who served as non-
partisan poll workers after recruitment and 
training with the funds provided under this sec-
tion; and 
(D) provide such additional information 
and certifications as the Commission deter-
mines to be essential to ensure compliance with 
the requirements of this section. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of a grant 
made to a State under this section shall be equal to 
the product of— 
(A) the aggregate amount made available 
for grants to States under this section; and 
(B) the voting age population percentage 
for the State. 
(2) VOTING AGE POPULATION PERCENTAGE DE-
FINED.—In paragraph (1), the ‘‘voting age popu-
lation percentage’’ for a State is the quotient of— 
(A) the voting age population of the State 
(as determined on the basis of the most recent 
information available from the Bureau of the 
Census); and 
(B) the total voting age population of all 
States (as determined on the basis of the most 
recent information available from the Bureau of 
the Census). 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date on which the 
final grant is made under this section, each recipient 
of a grant shall submit a report to the Commission 
on the activities conducted with the funds provided 
by the grant. 
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(2) REPORTS BY COMMISSION.—Not later than 
1 year after the date on which the final grant is 
made under this section, the Commission shall sub-
mit a report to Congress on the grants made under 
this section and the activities carried out by recipi-
ents with the grants, and shall include in the report 
such recommendations as the Commission considers 
appropriate. 
(e) STATE DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ 
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United 
States Virgin Islands. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000. 
Any amount appropriated pursuant to the authority 
of this subsection shall remain available without fis-
cal year limitation until expended. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amount appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to 
the authority of this subsection, not more than 3 
percent shall be available for administrative expenses 
of the Commission. 
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SEC. 4. EXEMPTION OF ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMIS-
SION FROM PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT. 
Section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) the Election Assistance Commis-
sion;’’. 
Æ 
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