,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bj1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,d',esposito 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,lawler7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,help ,america   
,vote ,act of #bjjb to direct the       
,election ,assistance ,commission to    
conduct ongoing studies of ,state       
programs for recruiting poll workers and
 providing poll workers with safety     
training in order to identify voluntary 
considerations for carrying out such    
programs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,election ,worker ,recruitment and  
,safety ,act4  #b4 ,studies of ,state   
programs for poll worker recruiting and 
safety training  7a7 ,studies ,subtitle 
,c of title ,,ii of the ,help ,america  
,vote ,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4      
#bjiha et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
redesignating section #bdg as section   

#bdh2 and  7#b7 by inserting after      
section #bdf the following new section3 
#bdg4 ,ongoing studies of ,state        
programs for poll worker recruiting and 
safety training  7a7 ,studies2 voluntary
 considerations ,on an ongoing basis1   
the ,commission shall conduct studies of
 ,state programs for recruiting poll    
workers and providing poll workers with 
safety training in order to identify    
voluntary considerations that may be    
used by ,states to carry out such       
programs4  7b7 ,reports ,not later than 
,december #ca1 #bjbd1 and every two     
years thereafter1 the ,commission shall 
submit to the ,states and publish a     
report on the most recent study         
conducted under this section1 and shall 
include in the report a description of  
the voluntary considerations for        
carrying out the programs studied in the
 report4  7c7 ,poll worker defined ,for 
purposes of this section1 the term poll 
worker means any individual who1        
pursuant to the laws of a ,state1 acts  

in a nonpartisan capacity as an employee
 or representative of a unit of the     
,state or local government to aid in the
 administration of an election at a     
polling place in the ,state4  4  7b7    
,use of requirements payments for       
programs implementing voluntary         
considerations  7#a7 ,use of payments   
,section #bea7;b77#b7 of such ,act 7#eb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bajja7;b77#b77 is amended in 
the matter preceding paragraph 7#a7 by  
striking ,federal office and inserting  
,federal office1 including carrying out 
programs for recruiting poll workers and
 providing poll workers with safety     
training which implement any of the     
voluntary considerations identified by  
the ,commission in the most recent      
report submitted under section          
#bdg7;b714  7#b7 ,effective date ,the   
amendment made by paragraph 7#a7 shall  
apply with respect to fiscal year #bjbe 
and each succeeding fiscal year4  7c7   
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents of such ,act is amended-- 7#a7 

by redesignating the item relating to   
section #bdg as relating to section     
#bdh2 and  7#b7 by inserting after the  
item relating to section #bdf the       
following new item3  ,sec4 #bdg4        
,ongoing studies of ,state programs for 
poll worker recruiting and safety       
training4  4