; (ii) shall specify in the application of the State the amount of grant funds that the State would spend implementing those guidelines if the law were not inconsistent; and (iii) shall not spend the amount of grant funds specified under clause (ii) until the legal issue is resolved. (4) Protection of personal information The application process established under this subsection shall not require a State to disclose the personal information of any voter. (c) Use of funds (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), a State receiving a grant under this section shall use the funds received under the grant to implement the guidelines established under section 5(b). (2) Remaining funds A State may use funds from a grant under this section to improve, upgrade, or acquire hardware, software, or services related to election administration, consistent with the guidelines established under section 5(b), if— (A) the State election official submits a written certification to the Secretary that the election agencies within the State have implemented the guidelines established under section 5(b); and (B) the Secretary, after consideration of the recommendations and criteria of the Advisory Panel under section 5(c), approves the use of funds. (3) Prohibition on use for certain voting systems Funds received under a grant under this section may not be used for any voting system that records each vote in electronic storage unless the system is an optical scanner that reads paper ballots. (d) Contracting assistance Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall take such actions as may be necessary through competitive processes— (1) to qualify a set of private sector entities that are capable of assisting the States with identifying, protecting against, detecting, responding to, and recovering from election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities