Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act
Bill: S.3969 | Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray (D-NM)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act or the PAVA Program Inclusion Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) program grants to the protection and advocacy systems of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the American Indian consortium.

[117th Congress Public Law 182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 136 STAT. 2178]]

Public Law 117-182
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize 
 distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and 
advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and 
    the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other 
            purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 30, 2022 -  [S. 3969]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Protection and 
Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act. 52 USC 10101 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protection and Advocacy for Voting 
Access Program Inclusion Act'' or the ``PAVA Program Inclusion Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS TO VOTING ACCESSIBILITY PROTECTION 
                    AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS SERVING THE COMMONWEALTH 
                    OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE 
                    AMERICAN INDIAN CONSORTIUM.

    (a) Recipients Defined.--Section 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 (52 U.S.C. 21061) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:

    ``(c) Eligible Grant Recipients.--
            ``(1) Definition of state.--For the purposes of this 
        section, the term `State' shall have the meaning given such term 
        in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
        Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002).
            ``(2) American indian consortium eligible.--A system serving 
        the American Indian consortium for which funds have been 
        reserved under section 509(c)(1)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 
        1973 (29 U.S.C. 794e(c)(1)(B)) shall be eligible for payments 
        under subsection (a) in the same manner as a protection and 
        advocacy system of a State.''.

    (b) Grant Minimums for American Indian Consortium.--Section 291(b) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21061(b)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(c)(1)(B),'' after ``as set forth in 
        subsections''; and
            (2) by striking ``subsections (c)(3)(B) and (c)(4)(B) of 
        that section shall be not less than $70,000 and $35,000, 
        respectively.'' and inserting the following: ``subsection 
        (c)(3)(B) shall not be less than $70,000, and the amount of the 
        grants to systems referred to in subsections (c)(1)(B) and 
        (c)(4) shall not be less than $35,000.''.

[[Page 136 STAT. 2179]]

SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 52 USC 21061 note.>>  EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect at the start of 
the first fiscal year starting after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

    Approved September 30, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3969:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Mar. 30, considered and passed Senate.
            Sept. 29, considered and passed House.

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