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Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-110

§20903 Guaranteed Minimum Payment Amount

Title 52 › Subtitle II — Voting Assistance and Election Administration › CHAPTER 209 — ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS AND REPLACEMENT OF PUNCH CARD AND LEVER VOTING MACHINES › § 20903

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must add money so any State that gets payments under sections 20901 or 20902 ends up with at least $5,000,000 total from those two programs. For Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands the minimum is $1,000,000. If needed, the Administrator will proportionally reduce other payments under 20901(d) and 20902(c) to make these minimums possible.

Full Legal Text

Title 52, §20903

Voting and Elections, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
In addition to any other payments made under this subchapter, the Administrator shall make a payment to each State to which a payment is made under either section 20901 or 20902 of this title and with respect to which the aggregate amount paid under such sections is less than $5,000,000 in an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate amount paid to the State under section 20901 and 20902 of this title and $5,000,000. In the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands, the previous sentence shall be applied as if each reference to “$5,000,000” were a reference to “$1,000,000”.
(b)Pro rata reductions
The Administrator shall make such pro rata reductions to the amounts described in section 20901(d) and 20902(c) of this title as are necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection (a).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15303 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

52 U.S.C. § 20903

Title 52, Voting and Elections

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110