State Elections Preparedness Act

Bill: 116-s-3778
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2020-05-20
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: 2020-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>State Elections Preparedness Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Election Assistance Commission to waive matching funds requirements for states that receive election security grants. 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: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3778 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2020 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To permit the Election Assistance Commission to waive 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 State Elections Preparedness Act . 2. Waiver of matching requirement for election security grants to States (a) In general In the case where the Election Assistance Commission (referred to in this section as the Commission ) determines exigent circumstances related to the COVID–19 pandemic prevent a State from providing matching funds as described in 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), the Commission may waive the application of such State matching funds requirement under such proviso with respect to any payment made to the State using funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 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 ).