,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cifi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #cj1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,lujn 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,blunt1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,smith1   
and ,mr4 ,heinrich7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice1   
considered1 read the third time1 and    
passed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help  
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 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 consortium1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protection and
 ,advocacy for ,voting ,access ,program 
,inclusion ,act or the ,,pava ,program  
,inclusion ,act4  #b4 ,authorizing      
payments to voting accessibility        
protection and advocacy systems serving 
the ,commonwealth of the ,northern      
,mariana ,islands and the ,american     

,indian consortium  7a7 ,recipients     
defined ,section #bia of the ,help      
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb       
,u4,s4,c4 #bajfa7 is amended-- 7#a7 by  
redesignating subsection 7c7 as         
subsection 7d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7b7 the following new  
subsection3  7c7 ,eligible grant        
recipients  7#a7 ,definition of state   
,for the purposes of this section1 the  
term ,state shall have the meaning given
 such term in section #ajb of the       
,developmental ,disabilities ,assistance
 and ,bill of ,rights ,act of #bjjj 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aejjb74  7#b7 ,american     
indian consortium eligible ,a system    
serving the ,american ,indian consortium
 for which funds have been reserved     
under section #eji7;c77#a77;,b7 of the  
,rehabilitation ,act of #aigc 7#bi      
,u4,s4,c4 #gid;e7c77#a77;,b77 shall be  
eligible for payments under subsection  
7a7 in the same manner as a protection  
and advocacy system of a ,state4  4  7b7
 ,grant minimums for ,american ,indian  

consortium ,section #bia7;b7 of such    
,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajfa7;b77 is      
amended-- 7#a7 by inserting             
7c77#a77;,b71 after as set forth in     
subsections2 and  7#b7 by striking      
subsections 7c77#c77;,b7 and            
7c77#d77;,b7 of that section shall be   
not less than #gj1jjj and #ce1jjj1      
respectively4 and inserting the         
following3 subsection 7c77#c77;,b7 shall
 not be less than #gj1jjj1 and the      
amount of the grants to systems referred
 to in subsections 7c77#a77;,b7 and     
7c77#d7 shall not be less than #ce1jjj44
  #c4 ,effective date ,the amendments   
made by section #b shall take effect at 
the start of the first fiscal year      
starting after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act4