S1609-118

Introduced

To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 16, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Transportation, Foreign Policy.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H72219D78B95C4B9DA02911323274F5F0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support Our Election Workers Act.
  • Section HDCBC9E56C37E44B08F97592578AD6D01: 2. Program for grants to support election workers Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.) is amended by adding at...
  • Section H7D66DD9A76794068B114522098E155DD: 297. Establishment and operation of grant program The Commission shall establish and operate a program under which the Commission shall make payments to...
  • Section HCB8679148B3A4F1B90D149BA403CD0D9: 297A. State plan for providing increased pay to election workers A State’s plan for providing increased pay to election workers shall include the following...
  • Section H3218C6ECE75D40B6AFE676514D2D322A: 297B. Coverage of Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands In this part, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be considered a State.

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Transportation, Foreign Policy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to provide increased pay for election workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Transportation Foreign Policy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
May 16, 2023

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Transportation Foreign Policy
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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