Sec. 8102. Establishment of program
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The Federal Election Commission (hereafter in this part referred to as the Commission ) shall establish a program under which the Commission shall make payments to States to operate a credit program which is described in section 8103 during an election cycle. A State is eligible to operate a credit program under this part with respect to an election cycle if, not later than 120 days before the cycle begins, the State submits to the Commission a statement containing— information and assurances that the State will operate a credit program which contains the elements described in section 8103(a); information and assurances that the State will establish fraud prevention mechanisms described in section 8103(b); information and assurances that the State will establish a commission to oversee and implement the program as described in section 8103(c); information and assurances that the State will carry out a public information campaign as described in section 8103(d); information and assurances that the State will submit reports as required under section 8104; information and assurances that, not later than 60 days before the beginning of the cycle, the State will complete any actions necessary to operate the program during the cycle; and such other information and assurances as the Commission may require.
Upon receiving the report submitted by a State under section 8104(a) 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 credit program under this part during the cycle. Payments to a State under the program shall be made using amounts allocated to the Commission for purposes of making payments under this part with respect to the State from the State Election Assistance and Innovation Trust Fund (hereafter referred to as the Fund ) under section 8012, in the amount allocated with respect to the State under section 8005(d).
The aggregate amount of payments made to any State with respect to two consecutive election cycles period may not exceed $10,000,000. If the State determines that the maximum payment amount under this paragraph with respect to such cycles is not, or may not be, sufficient to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the State in operating the program under this part for such cycles, the State shall reduce the amount of the credit provided to each qualified individual by such pro rata amount as may be necessary to ensure that the reasonable costs incurred by the State in operating the program will not exceed the amount paid to the State with respect to such cycles.
A payment made to a State under this part shall be available without fiscal year limitation.