119-hr126

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 126 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 126

 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot 
 program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local 
 educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration 
 information to secondary school students in the 12th grade.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 3, 2025

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on House Administration

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 A BILL

 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot 
 program under which the Commission shall provide funds to local 
 educational agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration 
 information to secondary school students in the 12th grade.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Original Students Voicing Opinions 
in Today's Elections

    (VOTE) Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO 
 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIOR TO GRADUATION.

    (a) Pilot Program.--The Election Assistance Commission (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'') shall carry out a pilot 
program under which the Commission shall provide funds during fiscal 
year 2025 to eligible local educational agencies for initiatives to 
provide information on registering to vote in elections for public 
office to secondary school students in the 12th grade.

    (b) Eligibility.--A local educational agency is eligible to receive 
funds under the pilot program under this Act if the agency submits to 
the Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may 
require, an application containing--

    (1) a description of the initiatives the agency intends to 
 carry out with the funds;

    (2) an estimate of the costs associated with such 
 initiatives; and

    (3) such other information and assurances as the Commission 
 may require.
            (c) Consultation With Election Officials.--A local educational 
agency receiving funds under the pilot program shall consult with the 
State and local election officials who are responsible for 
administering elections for public office in the area served by the 
agency in developing the initiatives the agency will carry out with the 
funds.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this Act, the terms ``local educational 
agency'' and ``secondary school'' have the meanings given such terms in 

section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801).

SEC. 3. REPORTS.

    (a) Reports by Recipients of Funds.--Not later than the expiration 
of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the receipt of the 
funds, each local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot 
program under this Act shall submit a report to the Commission 
describing the initiatives carried out with the funds and analyzing 
their effectiveness.

    (b) Report by Commission.--Not later than the expiration of the 60-
day period which begins on the date the Commission receives the final 
report submitted by a local educational agency under subsection

    (a) , 
the Commission shall submit a report to Congress on the pilot program 
under this Act.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.
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