[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3969 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3969

  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize 
distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and 
advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and 
   the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2022

 Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, and Mr. 
    Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice, 
              considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize 
distribution of grant funds to the voting accessibility protection and 
advocacy system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and 
   the system serving the American Indian consortium, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Protection and Advocacy for Voting 
Access Program Inclusion Act'' or the ``PAVA Program Inclusion Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS TO VOTING ACCESSIBILITY PROTECTION AND 
              ADVOCACY SYSTEMS SERVING THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN 
              MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN CONSORTIUM.

    (a) Recipients Defined.--Section 291 of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21061) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Eligible Grant Recipients.--
            ``(1) Definition of state.--For the purposes of this 
        section, the term `State' shall have the meaning given such 
        term in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities 
        Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002).
            ``(2) American indian consortium eligible.--A system 
        serving the American Indian consortium for which funds have 
        been reserved under section 509(c)(1)(B) of the Rehabilitation 
        Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794e(c)(1)(B)) shall be eligible for 
        payments under subsection (a) in the same manner as a 
        protection and advocacy system of a State.''.
    (b) Grant Minimums for American Indian Consortium.--Section 291(b) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21061(b)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(c)(1)(B),'' after ``as set forth in 
        subsections''; and
            (2) by striking ``subsections (c)(3)(B) and (c)(4)(B) of 
        that section shall be not less than $70,000 and $35,000, 
        respectively.'' and inserting the following: ``subsection 
        (c)(3)(B) shall not be less than $70,000, and the amount of the 
        grants to systems referred to in subsections (c)(1)(B) and 
        (c)(4) shall not be less than $35,000.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect at the start of 
the first fiscal year starting after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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