H.R. 7300

Make Elections Great Again Act

Sponsor: Bryan Steil

70 cosponsors
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I Election Integrity

A Requiring Photo ID for Voting

B Voter Registration and List Maintenance Requirements

C Information Sharing Agreements With Attorney General

D Election Security

E Prohibition on Federal Agency Political Activities

II Election Administration

A Improving Administration of Elections

Sec. 201. Use of HAVA funds for post-election audits of results

(a) Authorizing use of funds. Section 251(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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(4) Use of funds for conducting post-election audits of results. A State may use a requirements payment to conduct a post-election audit of the results of an election for Federal office if the State completes and releases the results of the audit prior to the applicable deadline for filing a challenge to the results of the election.

(b) Effective date. The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to payments made for fiscal year 2026 or any succeeding fiscal year.

B Treatment of Ballots