; and (2) outreach and dissemination. III Encouraging Automatic Voter Registration 301. Incentives for States to implement automatic voter registration (a) Grants authorized (1) In general From the amounts made available under section 303 for a fiscal year and not reserved under section (b) of section 303, the Election Assistance Commission (hereafter in this title referred to as the Commission ) shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to States in accordance with section 302. (2) Number of grants A State may not receive more than 1 grant under this section per grant period. (3) Duration of grants (A) In general A grant under this section shall be awarded for a period of not more than 4 years. (B) Continuation of grants A State that is awarded a grant under this section shall not receive grant funds under this section for the second or any subsequent year of the grant unless the State demonstrates to the Commission, at such time and in such manner as determined by the Commission, that the State is— (i) making progress in implementing the plan for the implementation of automatic voter registration in the State, as described in section 302(c), at a rate that the Commission determines will result in the State fully implementing such plan during the remainder of the grant period