Secure Our Elections Act

I 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 8, 2020 Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Our Elections 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ELEC- 6 TION SECURITY GRANTS TO STATES. 7 (a) REPEAL.—The last proviso under the heading 8 ‘‘Election Assistance Commission, Election Security 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:23 May 20, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6777.IH H6777 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6777 IH Grants’’ in the Financial Services and General Govern- 1 ment Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–93; 133 2 Stat. 2461) (relating to the State matching funds require- 3 ment) shall not apply with respect to any payment made 4 to a State using funds appropriated or otherwise made 5 available to the Election Assistance Commission under the 6 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub- 7 lic Law 116–136). 8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef- 9 fect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus 10 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 11 136). 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:23 May 20, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6777.IH H6777 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS