---
kind: "section"
citation: "52 U.S.C. § 20922"
title: "52"
title_heading: "Voting and Elections"
number: "20922"
heading: "Duties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/52/20922"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Voting Assistance and Election Administration"
  - "Chapter 209 — Election Administration Improvement"
  - "Subchapter II — Commission"
  - "Part A — Establishment and General Organization"
  - "Subpart 1 — election assistance commission"
---

# §20922. Duties


The Commission shall serve as a national clearinghouse and resource for the compilation of information and review of procedures with respect to the administration of [Federal elections](/usc/52/20107.md?p=3) by—

- (1) carrying out the duties described in subpart 3 of this part (relating to the adoption of voluntary voting system guidelines), including the maintenance of a clearinghouse of information on the experiences of [State](/usc/52/20107.md?p=5) and local governments in implementing the guidelines and in operating voting systems in general;
- (2) carrying out the duties described in part B of this subchapter (relating to the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software);
- (3) carrying out the duties described in part C of this subchapter (relating to conducting studies and carrying out other activities to promote the effective administration of [Federal elections](/usc/52/20107.md?p=3));
- (4) carrying out the duties described in part D of this subchapter (relating to [election](/usc/52/20502.md?p=1) assistance), and providing information and training on the management of the payments and grants provided under such part;
- (5) carrying out the duties described in part B of subchapter III (relating to the adoption of voluntary guidance); and
- (6) developing and carrying out the Help America Vote College Program under subchapter V.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–252, title II, § 202, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1673.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 15322 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.