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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5144 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5144

  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States which 
require individuals to present a photo identification as a condition of 
voting in elections for Federal office to accept a photo identification 
   presented by a student which is issued by the school the student 
                                attends.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2014

 Mr. Cleaver (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Jackson Lee, and 
  Mr. Pocan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States which 
require individuals to present a photo identification as a condition of 
voting in elections for Federal office to accept a photo identification 
   presented by a student which is issued by the school the student 
                                attends.

    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 ``Equal Access to Support Youth Voting 
Act'' or the ``EASY Voting Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES TO ACCEPT STUDENT IDENTIFICATIONS FOR PURPOSES 
              OF MEETING VOTER IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Acceptance of Student Identifications.--Title III of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 303 the following new section:

``SEC. 303A. REQUIRING ACCEPTANCE OF STUDENT PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AS 
              CURRENT AND VALID PHOTO IDENTIFICATION.

    ``(a) Acceptance of Student Identifications.--A State or local 
election official shall accept a current and valid student photo 
identification issued by an institution of higher education to a 
student attending such institution of higher education as a current and 
valid photo identification for purposes of section 303(b)(2) or of any 
State or local law which requires an individual to produce a current 
and valid photo identification to obtain a ballot or vote in an 
election for Federal office.
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `institution of higher 
education' has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), except that such term includes 
a proprietary institution of higher education described in section 
102(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1002(b)).''.
    (b) Enforcement.--Section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15511) is 
amended by striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and 303A''.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 303 the 
following new item:

``Sec. 303A. Requiring acceptance of student photo identification as 
                            current and valid photo identification.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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