Sec. 7. General requirements for payments made by Election Assistance Commission
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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: No payment made to a State or unit of local government by the Commission may be used for get-out-the-vote activity. In this section, the term get-out-the-vote activity means, with respect to a payment made to a State or unit of local government, any activity which, at the time the payment is made, is treated as get-out-the-vote-activity under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and the regulations promulgated by the Federal Election Commission to carry out such Act. .
Part 7 of subtitle D of title II of such Act, as added by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new section: If a State or unit of local government disseminates a public communication which was developed or disseminated in whole or in part with a payment made to the State or local government by the Commission under this Act or any other Act, the State or unit of local government shall ensure that the communication includes, in a clear and conspicuous manner, the following statement:
Paid for using Federal taxpayer funds pursuant to the Help America Vote Act . A statement required under subsection
(a)shall be considered to be in a clear and conspicuous manner if the statement meets the following requirements: In the case of a text or graphic communication, the statement— appears in letters at least as large as the majority of the text in the communication is contained in a printed box set apart from the other contents of the communication; and is printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. In the case of an audio communication, the statement is spoken in a clearly audible and intelligible manner at the beginning or end of the communication and lasts at least 3 seconds. In the case of a video communication which also includes audio, the statement— is included at either the beginning or the end of the communication; and is made both in— a written format that meets the requirements of subparagraph
(A)and appears for at least 4 seconds; and an audible format that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B). In the case of any other type of communication, the statement is at least as clear and conspicuous as the statement specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). In this section, the term public communication means a communication relating to the administration of an election for Federal office by means of any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing, or telephone bank to the general public, or any other form of general public advertising. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the following: Part 7—General Requirements for Payments Sec. 297. Prohibiting use of payments for get-out-the-vote-activity. Sec. 297A. Requiring communications funded by payments to include disclaimer. . This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to payments made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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