; or (B) in the case of an election for any other office, the voting age population within the district covered by the election. (4) Timing; distribution (A) In general The Commission shall award grants under this subsection on January 31, 2019, and every 2 years thereafter. (B) Insufficient funds If the amount appropriated for carrying out this subsection is insufficient to fund the grants, the Commission shall fund such grants according to the proportional formula described in subsection (b)(3), as applied to the States seeking grants under this subsection and the number of marked paper ballots that were inspected by hand in excess of 5 percent of the voting age population within the State (in the case of national or statewide office) or district covered by the election. (5) Limitation Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (h), $5,000,000 shall be used for grants under this subsection. (f) Prohibition on use for certain voting systems (1) In general 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. (2) Electronic user interfaces Funds received under a grant under this section may be used for a voting system with an electronic user interface provided that the voting system is consistent with clause (i). (g) 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 States with identifying, protecting against, detecting, responding to, and recovering from election cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities