[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9967

  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit States to use 
 funds made available under such Act to improve the administration of 
elections for the physical security of polling places and poll workers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 2024

  Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit States to use 
 funds made available under such Act to improve the administration of 
elections for the physical security of polling places and poll workers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Local workers Act'' or 
the ``POL Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS UNDER HAVA FOR PHYSICAL SECURITY OF POLLING PLACES 
              AND POLL WORKERS.

    (a) Authorizing Use of Payments.--Section 101(b)(1) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901(b)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(I) Ensuring the physical security of election 
                offices, including polling places, and election 
                workers, including poll workers.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to funds made available to States under the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 at any time before or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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