; and (B) security safeguards to protect personal information transmitted through the information transmittal processes of section 4003 or section 4004, the online system used pursuant to section 4007, any telephone interface, the maintenance of the voter registration database, and any audit procedure to track access to the system. (5) State compliance with national standards (A) Certification The chief executive officer of the State shall annually file with the Election Assistance Commission a statement certifying to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology that the State is in compliance with the standards referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5). A State may meet the requirement of the previous sentence by filing with the Commission a statement which reads as follows: _____ hereby certifies that it is in compliance with the standards referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4005(e) of the Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017 . (with the blank to be filled in with the name of the State involved). (B) Publication of policies and procedures The chief State election official of a State shall publish on the official’s website the policies and procedures established under this section, and shall make those policies and procedures available in written form upon public request. (C) Funding dependent on certification If a State does not timely file the certification required under this paragraph, it shall not receive any payment under this Act for the upcoming fiscal year. (D) Compliance of States that require changes to State law In the case of a State that requires State legislation to carry out an activity covered by any certification submitted under this paragraph, for a period of not more than 2 years the State shall be permitted to make the certification notwithstanding that the legislation has not been enacted at the time the certification is submitted, and such State shall submit an additional certification once such legislation is enacted. (f) Restrictions on use of