by the Election Assistance Commission to States for contingency planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Federal office, $3,600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided , That of the amount provided under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with Election Assistance Commission—Salaries and Expenses : Provided further , That under this heading the term State means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Provided further , That the amount of the payments made to a State under this heading shall be consistent with sections 101(d) and 103 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 20903 ): Provided further , That for the purposes of the preceding proviso, each reference to $5,000,000 in such section 103 shall be deemed to refer to $7,500,000 : Provided further , That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall obligate the funds to States under this heading in this Act: Provided further , That not less than 50 percent of the amount of the payment made to a State under this heading in this Act shall be allocated in cash or in kind to the units of local government which are responsible for the administration of elections for Federal office in the State: Provided further , That such amount is 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. Administrative provision—election assistance commission 10302. (a) The last proviso under the heading Election Assistance Commission—Election Security Grants in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116–93