Secure Our Elections Act

Bill: 116-hr-6777
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Election Assistance Commission

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Executive agency funding and structure

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Secure Our Elections Act</b></p> <p>This bill waives matching funds requirements for states that receive election security grants from the Election Assistance Commission. Such grants are available to states to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) for the 2020 federal election cycle.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6777 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2020 Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To repeal the matching requirement for payments made to States for election security grants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Our Elections Act . 2. Repeal of matching requirement for election security grants to States (a) Repeal The last proviso under the heading “Election Assistance Commission, Election Security Grants” in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–93 ; 133 Stat. 2461) (relating to the State matching funds requirement) shall not apply with respect to any payment made to a State using funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Election Assistance Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ). (b) Effective date Subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ).