S.Amdt. 1974

SA 1974. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTION SECURITY
GRANTS TO STATES.

(a) In General.--In the case where the Election Assistance
Commission (referred to in this section as the
``Commission'') determines exigent circumstances related to
the COVID-19 pandemic prevent a State from providing matching
funds as described in 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), the
Commission may waive the application of such State matching
funds requirement under such proviso with respect to any
payment made to the State using funds appropriated or
otherwise made available to the 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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