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US HR5510

US HR5510
PAVA Program Inclusion Act Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access Program Inclusion Act


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Introduced
12/19/2019
In Committee
12/19/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

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. This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) program grants to the protection and advocacy systems of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the American Indian consortium.

AI Summary

This bill, the PAVA Program Inclusion Act, amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to explicitly authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) program grants to the protection and advocacy systems of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the American Indian consortium. The bill ensures that these systems are eligible to receive PAVA grants in the same manner as the protection and advocacy systems of the states, and sets minimum grant amounts for the American Indian consortium system.

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Government Affairs

Sponsors (8)

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (on 12/19/2019)

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