the item relating to section 303 the following new item: Sec. 303A. Risk-limiting audits. . 122. Funding for conducting post-election risk-limiting audits (a) Payments to States Subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.), as amended by section 111(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new part: 8 Funding for Post-Election Risk-Limiting Audits 298. Payments for post-election risk-limiting audits (a) In general The Commission shall pay to States the amount of eligible post-election audit costs. (b) Eligible post-Election audit costs For purposes of this section, the term eligible post-election audit costs means, with respect to any State, costs paid or incurred by the State or local government within the State for— (1) the conduct of any risk-limiting audit (as defined in section 303A) with respect to an election for Federal office occurring after the date of the enactment of this part