Sec. 207. Payments to States for implementation of accessibility requirements
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Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new part: The Director of the Office of Accessibility (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Director ) shall make payments to each eligible State (as described in subsection (c)) in an amount determined under paragraph
(2)for each applicable period (as defined in paragraph (3)) beginning on or after October 1, 2020. Subject to subparagraph (C), the amount of a payment made to a State for an applicable period shall be equal to the product of— the total amount appropriated for requirements payments for the applicable period pursuant to the authorization under subsection (g); and the State allocation percentage for the State (as determined under subparagraph (B)). The State allocation percentage for a State is 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). The amount of any payment made to an eligible State under this section shall not be less than $1,000,000. The Director shall make such pro rata reductions to the allocations determined under subparagraph
(A)as are necessary to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (C). A payment made to a State under this section shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation. The applicable period , with respect to a payment under this section, is a period of 2 fiscal years. At least 10 percent of funds allocated to a State under this section shall be distributed to units of local government to develop or upgrade accessible election websites and to share information with the statewide accessible election website as described in section 304. An eligible State shall use a payment under this section to meet the requirements of sections 304 through 309. Funds under this section may not be used to establish accessible election websites for individuals with disabilities and older individuals under section 304 that are separate from the election websites for the general population. Funds must be used to make existing election websites accessible, or to develop accessible election websites where one does not already exist. Each State that desires to receive a payment under this section for an applicable period shall submit an application for such payment to the Director at such time and in such manner and containing such information as the Director shall require. Each application submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include— with respect to the requirements under section 304 (relating to accessible election websites)— a description of the State plan as developed by the committee of appropriate individuals under subsection
(c)of such section; an assurance that the State will work with State and local disability and aging advocates to ensure the election website is accessible to individuals with disabilities and older individuals; a description of how the State will ensure the election website maintains accessibility; a description of how the State will ensure information on the election website is accessible to local election officials; and identification of each organization the State is partnering with pursuant to subsection
(d)of such section in order to monitor and verify the accessibility of the State election website, including the written support of each such organization; with respect to the requirements under sections 305 through 309, a description of how the State will meet such requirements; and such other information as the Director determines appropriate to ensure compliance with the requirements of such sections 304 through 309. Not later than the 6 months after the end of each applicable period for which an eligible State received a payment under this section, the State shall submit a report to the Director on the activities conducted using such payments during the applicable period, and shall include in the report a list of expenditures during such applicable period. Each report submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall include the number and description of complaints and grievances by individuals alleging their ability to register to vote or vote was unfairly blocked or delayed. With respect to each applicable period for which the Director makes payments under this section, the Director shall submit a report on the activities carried out under this section to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate. The Director shall establish standards and guidelines for approved activities supported by payments under this section. Such standards and guidelines shall permit eligible States receiving such a payment to refine or adapt the standards and guidelines for an individual project, where such a refinement or adaptation is made necessary by a local circumstance. In this section, the terms accessible , individual with a disability , older individual , and State have the meaning given those terms in section 304. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this section— $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 and 2022; $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 and 2024; and $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. A payment made to an eligible State under this section shall be available to the State without fiscal year limitation, but shall only be used for the purposes of this section. Any payment to a State under this section shall be in addition to any requirements payment under section 251 and shall not be taken into account in determining the amount of such payment under section 252. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 296 the following new item: PART 7—Payments to States for implementation of accessibility requirements Sec. 297. Payments to States for implementation of accessibility requirements. .
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