‘‘Sec. 214. Powers; no compensation for service. 
‘‘Sec. 215. Status of Board and members for purposes of claims against 
Board.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the Commission termi-
nation date described in section 1004 of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (as added by section 201(a)). 
SEC. 203. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANS-
FER OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES TO FEDERAL 
ELECTION COMMISSION. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF VOLUNTARY 
VOTING SYSTEM GUIDELINES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Part 3 of subtitle A of title 
II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
15361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 223. TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL ELEC-
TION COMMISSION. 
‘‘(a) TRANSFER.—Effective on the Commission ter-
mination date described in section 1004, the Federal Elec-
tion Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘FEC’) shall be responsible for carrying out the duties 
and functions of the Commission under this part. 
‘‘(b) ROLE OF STAFF DIRECTOR.—The FEC shall 
carry out the operation and management of its duties and 
functions under this part through the Office of the Staff 
Director of the FEC.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the item relating to part 3 of subtitle A of title 
II the following: 
‘‘Sec. 223. Transfer of authority to Federal Election Commission.’’. 
(b) TESTING, CERTIFICATION, DECERTIFICATION, 
AND RECERTIFICATION OF VOTING SYSTEM HARDWARE 
AND SOFTWARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title II of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 15371 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 232. TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL ELEC-
TION COMMISSION. 
‘‘(a) TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the Commis-
sion termination date described in section 1004, the 
Federal Election Commission (hereafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘FEC’) shall be responsible 
for carrying out the duties and functions of the 
Commission under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) ROLE
OF
STAFF
DIRECTOR.—The FEC 
shall carry out the operation and management of its 
duties and functions under this subtitle through the 
Office of the Staff Director of the FEC. 
‘‘(b) TRANSFER
OF OFFICE
OF VOTING SYSTEM 
TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are transferred to 
the FEC all functions that the Office of Voting Sys-
tem Testing and Certification of the Commission 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Office’) 
exercised under this subtitle before the Commission 
termination date. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF PROPERTY, RECORDS, AND 
PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(A) PROPERTY AND RECORDS.—The con-
tracts, liabilities, records, property, appropria-
tions, and other assets and interests of the Of-
fice, together with the unexpended balances of 
any appropriations or other funds available to 
the Office, are transferred and made available 
to the FEC. 
‘‘(B) PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The personnel of 
the Office are transferred to the FEC, ex-
cept that the number of full-time equiva-
lent personnel so transferred may not ex-
ceed the number of full-time equivalent 
personnel of the Office as of January 1, 
2013. 
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AT 
TIME OF TRANSFER.—An individual who is 
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an employee of the Office who is trans-
ferred under this section shall not be sepa-
rated or reduced in grade or compensation 
because of the transfer during the 1-year 
period that begins on the date of the trans-
fer.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to subtitle B of title II the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 232. Transfer of authority to Federal Election Commission.’’. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZED FORMAT FOR 
REPORTS ON ABSENTEE BALLOTING BY ABSENT UNI-
FORMED SERVICES VOTERS AND OVERSEAS VOTERS.— 
Section 703(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Effective 
on the Commission termination date described in section 
1004, the Federal Election Commission shall be respon-
sible for carrying out the duties and functions of the Com-
mission under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 204. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.— 
(1) DUTIES
OF
FEC.—Section 311(a) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
438(a)) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (8); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (9) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(10) provide for the adoption of voluntary vot-
ing system guidelines, in accordance with part 3 of 
subtitle A of title II of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15361 et seq.); 
‘‘(11) provide for the testing, certification, de-
certification, and recertification of voting system 
hardware and software by accredited laboratories, in 
accordance with subtitle B of title II of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15371 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(12) maintain a clearinghouse of information 
on the experiences of State and local governments in 
implementing voluntary voting system guidelines and 
in operating voting systems in general; 
‘‘(13) carry out the duties described in section 
9(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; 
‘‘(14) develop a standardized format for reports 
submitted by States under section 102(c) of the Uni-
formed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 
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