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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 739 (Introduced in Senate) — To protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Establishment of a Native American voting task force grant program

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The Office for Civil Rights at the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (referred to in this section as the Office ) shall establish and administer, in coordination with the Department of the Interior, a Native American voting task force grant program, through which the Office shall provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to enable those eligible applicants to establish and operate a Native American Voting Task Force in each State with a federally recognized Indian Tribe.
The purpose of the Native American voting task force grant program is to— increase voter outreach, education, registration, and turnout in Native American communities; increase access to the ballot for Native American communities, including additional satellite, early voting, and absentee voting locations; streamline and reduce inconsistencies in the voting process for Native Americans; provide, in the community’s dominant language, educational materials and classes on Indian lands about candidacy filing; train and educate State and local employees, including poll workers, about— the language assistance and voter assistance requirements under sections 203 and 208 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10503 ; 10508); and voter identification laws under section 8 of this Act; identify model programs and best practices for providing language assistance to Native American communities; provide non-partisan poll watchers on election day in Native American communities; participate in and evaluate future redistricting efforts; address issues of internet connectivity as it relates to voter registration and ballot access in Native American communities; and facilitate collaboration between local election officials, Native American communities, and Tribal elections offices.
The term eligible applicant means— an Indian Tribe; a Secretary of State of a State, or another official of a State entity responsible for overseeing elections; a nonprofit organization that works, in whole or in part, on voting issues; or a consortium of one or more of the entities described in paragraphs
(1)through (3). The Office, in coordination with the Department of the Interior and following consultation with Indian Tribes about the implementation of the Native American voting task force grant program, shall establish guidelines for the process by which eligible applicants will submit applications. Each eligible applicant desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application, according to the process established under paragraph (1), and at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require. Such application shall include— a certification that the applicant is an eligible applicant; a proposed work plan addressing how the eligible applicant will establish and administer a Native American Voting Task Force that achieves the purposes described in subsection (b); if the eligible applicant is a consortium as described in subsection (c)(4), a description of the proposed division of responsibilities between the participating entities; and an explanation of the time period that the proposed Native American Voting Task Force will cover, which shall be a time period that is not more than 3 years. A grantee receiving funds under this section shall use such funds to carry out one or more of the activities described in subsection (b), through the grantee's Native American Voting Task Force. Nothing in this section reduces State or local obligations provided for by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.), the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), or any other Federal law or regulation related to voting or the electoral process. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2034.
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Sec. 4
Establishment of a Native American voting task force grant program
U.S.C.§ 10503
U.S.C.§ 10301
U.S.C.§ 20501
U.S.C.§ 20901
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