[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6777 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6777

  To repeal the matching requirement for payments made to States for 
    election security grants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
                         Economic Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2020

  Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the matching requirement for payments made to States for 
    election security grants under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
                         Economic Security Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Our Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS TO 
              STATES.

    (a) Repeal.--The last proviso under the heading ``Election 
Assistance Commission, Election Security Grants'' in the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
116-93; 133 Stat. 2461) (relating to the State matching funds 
requirement) shall not apply with respect to any payment made to a 
State using funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Election Assistance Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
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