[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4068 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4068

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to postpone the deadline by 
     which a State is required to meet the election administration 
  requirements of the Act until the total amount appropriated to the 
 State for requirements payments under the Act is equal to or greater 
   than the costs incurred by the State in meeting such requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to postpone the deadline by 
     which a State is required to meet the election administration 
  requirements of the Act until the total amount appropriated to the 
 State for requirements payments under the Act is equal to or greater 
   than the costs incurred by the State in meeting such requirements.

    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 ``State and Local Government Election 
Administration Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. POSTPONEMENT OF DEADLINE FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title III of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section:

``SEC. 306. DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL FULL FUNDING OF COSTS 
              INCURRED.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no State (or 
jurisdiction within the State) shall be required to meet any of the 
requirements of this title until the later of--
            ``(1) the first day of the first calendar year which begins 
        after the aggregate amount appropriated to the State for 
        requirements payments for all fiscal years under section 257 is 
        equal to or greater than the costs incurred by the State in 
        meeting the requirements of this title; or
            ``(2) the applicable date otherwise provided under this 
        title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for subtitle A of 
title III of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 306. Delay in implementation until full funding of costs 
                            incurred.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002.
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