Sec. 111. Establishment of pilot program

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The Government by the People Oversight Commission established under section 542 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by section 201) (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the Commission ) shall establish a pilot program under which the Commission shall select 3 eligible States to operate a voucher pilot program which is described in section 112. A State is eligible to be selected to operate a voucher pilot program under this subtitle if the State submits to the Commission (at such time during the application period and in such form as the Commission may require) an application containing— information and assurances that the State will operate a voucher program which contains the elements described in section 112(a); information and assurances that the State will establish fraud prevention mechanisms described in section 112(b); information and assurances that the State will establish a commission to oversee and implement the program as described in section 112(c); information and assurances that the State will submit reports as required under section 113; and such other information and assurances as the Commission may require.

Not later than 90 days after the appointment of a quorum of its members, the Commission shall issue initial guidance regarding the process by which States may apply to operate voucher pilot programs under this subtitle and initial guidance regarding the implementation of such programs. The Commission shall select the 3 States which will operate voucher pilot programs under this subtitle not later than 90 days before the end of the application period. Each State selected to operate a voucher pilot program under this subtitle shall operate such program during each of the 3 election cycles which begin after the application period, and shall ensure that the program is ready to be operated not later than the first January 1 of the first election cycle which begins after the application period.

Each voucher pilot program under this subtitle shall terminate as of the first day after the third election cycle during which the State operated the program. Upon receiving the report submitted by a State under section 113 with respect to an election cycle, the Commission shall transmit a payment to the State in an amount equal to the reasonable costs incurred by the State in operating the voucher pilot program under this subtitle during the cycle. In this section, the term application period means the first election cycle which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.