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H. Rept. 114-361 1 (2015-12-03)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrgv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-361 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION TERMINATION ACT DECEMBER 3, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, from the Committee on House Administration, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 195] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on House Administration, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 195) to terminate the Election Assistance Commis- sion, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION INTRODUCTION Congress established the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) as part of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). HAVA allo- cated large sums of federal money to states to replace punch card and lever voting systems and to develop statewide voter registra- tion databases. The administration of these payments to states was a principal function of the EAC. In addition, the EAC was estab- lished to operate a federal voting system testing and certification program, maintain a clearinghouse of election administration infor- mation, and perform a series of research studies mandated by HAVA. Today, the flow of election administration funds to states from the federal government has ended. The EAC has completed its HAVA-required research (with one exception discussed below). Even with those programs, the EAC has overhead costs that exceed 59-006

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