; and (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 304. Early voting. . (5) Authorization of funding Section 257(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21007(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) For fiscal year 2019 and subsequent fiscal years, such sums as are necessary for purposes of making requirements payments to States to carry out the activities described in section 304. . (b) Report by election assistance commission Not later than June 30 of each odd-numbered year, the Election Assistance Commission shall submit to Congress a report assessing the impact of section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a)) on the administration of elections for Federal office during the preceding 2-year period, and shall include in the report such recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate. (c) No effect on authority of State To provide for longer periods of early voting Nothing in this section or in any amendment made by this section may be construed to prohibit a State, with respect to any election for Federal office from providing in an equitable and nondiscriminatory manner a longer period for early voting than the minimum period required under section 304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a)).