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117-s-3969117th Congress

PAVA Program Inclusion Act

Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

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Summary

Guarantees parity in federal voting-access grants by making the Northern Mariana Islands and American Indian consortia eligible and setting minimum grant amounts. It amends the Help America Vote Act to add a nonprofit eligibility category, explicitly include systems serving the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Indian consortiums, and establish floor payments for eligible recipients.

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  • Residents of the Northern Mariana Islands gain a dedicated voting accessibility protection and advocacy system that is eligible for federal grants and must receive at least $35,000.
  • American Indian consortia can receive payments in the same manner as a State protection and advocacy system when funds are reserved under the Rehabilitation Act, and are guaranteed minimum grants of $35,000.
  • State protection and advocacy systems gain a reconfigured eligibility framework and a required minimum of $70,000 for one grant category, which strengthens baseline funding across protection and advocacy programs.

The law takes effect at the start of the first fiscal year after enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Support for Northern Marianas and Tribal voting advocates

The law includes the Northern Mariana Islands and an American Indian consortium in the voting access advocacy grant program, on the same basis as State systems. It sets minimum grant amounts. Some grants are at least $70,000, and others are at least $35,000. The American Indian consortium is treated like a State system when funds are reserved for it under section 509(c)(1)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act. These changes apply starting at the beginning of the first fiscal year after this law was enacted.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 3/30/2022

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 3/30/2022

  • Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 3/30/2022

  • Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 3/30/2022

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