; amounts deemed to meet requirements for emergency funding Section 257(a) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21007(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) For fiscal year 2018, such sums as may be necessary to enable States to meet the requirements of section 301(a)(2) which are first imposed on the State pursuant to the amendments made by section 2(a) of the Securing America’s Elections Act of 2018. Any amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization under this paragraph shall be designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. . (2) Amount of payment based on costs incurred in meeting revised requirements Section 252 of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 21002 ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking subsection (c) and inserting subsections (c) and (e) ; (B) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (C) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: (e) Special rule for fiscal year 2018 (1) Coverage of costs of meeting revised ballot verification and audit capacity requirements The amount of a requirements payment made to a State from funds appropriated for fiscal year 2018 shall be equal to the State’s estimate of the reasonable costs the State expects to incur to meet the requirements referred to in paragraph (3), as contained in the statement filed by the State with the Commission under section 253(f)(1)(A)(ii). (2) Recoupment of overpayments If a State receives a requirements payment from funds appropriated for fiscal year 2018, the State shall agree to repay to the Commission the excess (if any) of— (A) the amount of the payment