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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3436 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to 
make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2023 
Mr. MORELLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish 
a program to make grants to States to provide increased 
pay for election workers, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Support Our Election 
Workers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR GRANTS TO SUPPORT ELECTION 
WORKERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of 
title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
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21001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘PART 7— PAYMENTS TO HELP SUPPORT 
ELECTION WORKERS 
‘‘SEC. 297. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall establish 
and operate a program under which the Commission shall 
make payments to eligible States for providing increased 
pay for election workers, including individuals serving as 
election officials or poll workers on a temporary or unpaid 
basis. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) AMOUNT.—The amount of a payment 
made to a State under the program established 
under this part shall be equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(A) the reasonable costs the State expects 
to incur in providing increased pay for election 
workers, as determined by the Commission tak-
ing into account the information provided by 
the State in the plan described in section 297A; 
or 
‘‘(B) the minimum payment amount de-
scribed in paragraph (2) with respect to the fis-
cal year. 
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‘‘(2) MINIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The min-
imum payment amount described in this paragraph 
with respect to a fiscal year is equal to one-half of 
1 percent of the aggregate amount made available 
during the fiscal year for payments under the pro-
gram established under this part. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—In order to be eligible to receive 
a payment under the program established under this part, 
a State shall submit to the Commission, at such time and 
in such form as the Commission may require, an applica-
tion containing a description of a plan for how the State 
will use the payment to provide increased pay to election 
workers, as described in section 297A, together with such 
other information and assurances as the Commission may 
require. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—A State receiving a payment under 
the program established under this part shall submit to 
the Commission such reports on the State’s use of the pay-
ment as the Commission may require. 
‘‘SEC. 297A. STATE PLAN FOR PROVIDING INCREASED PAY 
TO ELECTION WORKERS. 
‘‘(a) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—A State’s plan for pro-
viding increased pay to election workers shall include the 
following elements: 
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‘‘(1) A description of how the State will use in-
creased pay to retain qualified election workers and 
to recruit new election workers. 
‘‘(2) The requirements an individual must meet 
in order to be eligible to receive increased pay under 
the plan. 
‘‘(3) The amount of the reasonable costs the 
State expects to incur in providing increased pay for 
such eligible individuals. 
‘‘(4) The procedures for carrying out the plan, 
including the extent to which State and local election 
officials will be responsible for carrying out the plan. 
‘‘(b) OPPORTUNITY OF ALL ELECTION WORKERS TO 
RECEIVE PAY.—Under the State’s plan, the State may 
not treat an election worker as ineligible to receive in-
creased pay solely because the individual does not interact 
directly with voters, individuals attempting to vote, or in-
dividuals attempting to register to vote. 
‘‘SEC. 297B. COVERAGE OF COMMONWEALTH OF NORTH-
ERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
‘‘In this part, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands shall be considered a State. 
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‘‘SEC. 297C. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for pay-
ments under this part such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to subtitle D of title II the following: 
‘‘PART 7— PAYMENTS TO HELP SUPPORT ELECTION WORKERS 
‘‘Sec. 297. Establishment and operation of grant program. 
‘‘Sec. 297A. State plan for providing increased pay to election workers. 
‘‘Sec. 297B. Coverage of Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘Sec. 297C. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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