Bill > HR1442

Introduced Session

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to implement a process under which individuals who are 16 years of age may apply to register to vote in elections for Federal office in the State, to direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to States to increase the involvement of minors in public election activities, and for other purposes. This bill requires each state to implement a preregistration process under which individuals age 16 or older may apply to register to vote in federal elections. States must ensure that eligible preregistered individuals are registered to vote in elections held on or after the date the individual turns age 18. The Election Assistance Commission must make grants to states to increase the involvement of individuals under age 18 in public election activities.

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Don Beyer (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  José Serrano (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (on 02/28/2019)

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