Sec. 101. Payments to States to assist in administering elections during COVID–19 Pandemic
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Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: The Commission shall make a payment to each eligible State for the costs incurred by the State in repaying (by direct payments on behalf of a qualified student volunteer) a portion of a student loan previously taken out by an individual who serves as a qualified student volunteer with respect to a regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in the State in November 2020.
A State is eligible to receive a payment under this section if the State submits to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may require, an application containing such information and assurances as the Commission may require. Subject to the amount of the payment made to the State under subsection (d), the amount of the costs the State incurs on behalf of a qualified student volunteer for purposes of subsection
(a)shall be equal to the product of— a repayment rate established by the Commission; and the number of hours the volunteer serves as a volunteer poll worker or as a volunteer absentee ballot tabulator, as certified to the Commission by the appropriate State or local election official. Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of a payment made to a State under this section shall be equal to the product of— the total amount appropriated for such payments pursuant to the authorization under subsection (e); and the State allocation percentage for the State. The amount of a payment made to a State under this section may not be less than— in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for such payments; or in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount. The Commission shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under paragraph
(1)as are necessary to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2). In this section, a qualified student volunteer means an individual— who, as certified to the Commission by the appropriate State or local election official, serves— as a volunteer poll worker at a polling place, including any location at which voters may cast ballots prior to the date of the election, or as a volunteer absentee ballot tabulator, as certified to the Commission by the appropriate State or local election official; and at the time of serving as a volunteer poll worker or volunteer absentee ballot tabulator, is enrolled at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 )). In carrying out the program under this section, the Commission may make applicable such provisions of section 5379 of title 5, United States Code, as the Commission considers appropriate. There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for payments under this section. The Commission shall make a payment to each eligible State for carrying out maintenance of the computerized Statewide voter registration list under section 303 and carrying out programs under section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20507 ) to ensure the accuracy of voter registration lists in the State. In the case of an eligible State in which, under a State law in effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is no voter registration requirement for individuals in the State with respect to elections for Federal office, an eligible State shall use the payment under this section for carrying out activities to protect polling places in the State, and individuals present in such polling places, from exposure to SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19 (as described in section 297B). A State is eligible to receive a payment under this section if the State submits to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may require, an application containing such information and assurances as the Commission may require. Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of a payment made to a State under this section shall be equal to the product of— the total amount appropriated for such payments pursuant to the authorization under subsection (d); and the State allocation percentage for the State. The amount of a payment made to a State under this section may not be less than— in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for such payments; or in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount. The Commission shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under paragraph
(1)as are necessary to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2). There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for payments under this section. The Commission shall make the following payments to each eligible State: A payment for the chief State election official to for carrying out Statewide activities to protect polling places in the State, and individuals present in such polling places, from exposure to SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19. A payment for the chief State election official to pass through to local jurisdictions in the State for carrying out a plan prepared by the chief State election official and approved by the Commission to protect polling places in the jurisdiction, and individuals present in such polling places, from exposure to SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19. A State is eligible to receive a payment under this section if the State submits to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may require, an application containing such information and assurances as the Commission may require. Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of a payment made to a State under paragraph
(1)or paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)shall be equal to the product of— the total amount appropriated for payments under such paragraph pursuant to the authorization under subsection (d); and the State allocation percentage for the State. The amount of a payment made to a State under paragraph
(1)or paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)may not be less than— in the case of any of the several States or the District of Columbia, one-half of 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for payments under such paragraph; or in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, one-tenth of 1 percent of such total amount. The Commission shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under paragraph
(1)as are necessary to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2). There are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 for payments under this section, of which— $100,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for payments under paragraph
(1)of subsection (a); and $100,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for payments under paragraph
(2)of subsection (a). In this part, the term State means each State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In this part, the term State allocation percentage means, with respect to a State, the amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of— the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most recent decennial census); and the total voting age population of all States (as reported in the most recent decennial census). A payment made to a State under this part shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation. . 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—Assistance in Administering Elections During COVID–19 Pandemic Sec. 297. Student loan repayments on behalf of volunteer poll workers and absentee ballot tabulators in 2020 general elections. Sec. 297A. Voter registration list maintenance. Sec. 297B. Protection from COVID–19. Sec. 297C. General provisions. .
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