123STA T .657PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 0 9ELECTIONAS SIST A NCE C O M MISSION SALA R IES AN D E XP ENSES ( INCL U DIN G TRANS F ER OF FUNDS )Fornec e s s a r y e xp enses t o carry o u tt h e H e l pA m er i ca V ote Act o f20 02 ,$17 , 95 9,000, of w hich $ 4 ,000,000 shall b e transferre d to the N ational I nstitute of S tandards and T echnolo g y for election reform acti v ities authori z ed under the Help America Vote Act of 2002
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d, That $750,000 shall be for the Help America Vote College P rogram as provided by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( Public L aw 107 – 252 )
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fu r th er, That $ 3 00,000 shall be for a competitive grant program to support community involve - ment in student and parent moc k elections . ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS For necessary expenses relating to election reform programs, $10 6 ,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be for re q uirements payments under part 1 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $5,000,000 shall be for grants to carry out research on voting technology improvements as authorized under part 3 of subtitle D of title II of such Act, and $1,000,000, shall be to conduct a pilot program for grants to States and units of local government for pre-election logic and accuracy testing and post-election voting systems verification. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SALARIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow- ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U .S.C. 5901–5902
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $341, 8 75,000: Provided, That of the funds provided, not less than $3,000,000 shall be available to estab- lish and administer a State B roadband Data and Development matching grants program for State-level broadband demand aggregation activities and creation of geographic inventory maps of broadband service to identify gaps in service and provide a baseline assessment of statewide broadband deployment: Provided further , That $341,875,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2009 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2009 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections received in excess of $341,875,000 in fiscal year 2009 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting collec- tions from prior years collected in excess of the amount specified for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available
