§20927 — Title 52 Voting and Elections | U.S. Code

§20927 Annual Report

Title 52 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Voting Assistance and Election Administration › Chapter 209— ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter II— COMMISSION › Part A— Establishment and General Organization › Subpart 1— election assistance commission › § 20927

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must send a report every year by January 31 to the Committee on House Administration in the House and the Committee on Rules and Administration in the Senate. The first report was due in 2004. Each report covers the Commission’s work for the fiscal year that ended the previous September 30. The report must explain what the Commission did for each of its programs and give details on each grant or payment. It must include copies of all reports that grant or payment recipients were required to give the Commission, including reports from States that received requirements payments under subpart 1 of part D of this subchapter. The report must also show any voluntary voting system guidelines the Commission adopted or changed under subpart 3 of this part, and any voluntary guidance adopted under part B of subchapter III. It must list every vote the Commission took and may include any other information or recommendations the Commission thinks are appropriate.

Title 52, §20927

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Not later than January 31 of each year (beginning with 2004), the Commission shall submit a report to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate detailing its activities during the fiscal year which ended on September 30 of the previous calendar year, and shall include in the report the following information:

(1)A detailed description of activities conducted with respect to each program carried out by the Commission under this chapter, including information on each grant or other payment made under such programs.

(2)A copy of each report submitted to the Commission by a recipient of such grants or payments which is required under such a program, including reports submitted by States receiving requirements payments under subpart 1 of part D of this subchapter, and each other report submitted to the Commission under this chapter.

(3)Information on the voluntary voting system guidelines adopted or modified by the Commission under subpart 3 of this part and information on the voluntary guidance adopted under part B of subchapter III.

(4)All votes taken by the Commission.

(5)Such other information and recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate.

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This chapter, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1666, known as the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15327 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.