[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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