; and (2) outreach and dissemination. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II the following: Part 7—Payments for Improving Voting System Security Sec. 297. Incentives for States to improve voting system security. Sec. 297A. Criteria for awarding grants. Sec. 297B. Criteria for evaluating applications. Sec. 297C. Establishment of performance measures and targets. Sec. 297D. Reporting requirements. Sec. 297E. Authorization of appropriations. . 5. Duties of Secretary of Homeland Security (a) Notification of breaches of voting system security or related investigations (1) Requiring notification to Congress and State election officials If the Secretary of Homeland Security makes a determination that the security of any voting system or any voter registration database that has been used or will be used in an election for Federal office has been breached, or if the Secretary is conducting an investigation regarding whether or not the security of such a system or database has been breached, the Secretary shall submit a report on the determination or investigation to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the chief State election official of the State in which the system is used or will be used. (2) Deadline The Secretary shall submit the report required under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after making the determination involved or initiating the investigation involved (as the case may be). (b) Sharing information with State election officials At the request of a State, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall collaborate with the chief State election official of the State to help prevent and respond to threats to the security of the voting systems and databases described in subsection (a), including assisting such official with obtaining the appropriate level of security clearance necessary to receive