I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8192 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States 
to designate public high schools as voter registration agencies, to direct 
such schools to conduct voter registration drives for students attending 
such schools, to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
reimburse such schools for the costs of conducting such voter registration 
drives, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2024 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BROWN, Mr. 
BOWMAN, Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. OMAR, 
Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SEWELL, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
require States to designate public high schools as voter 
registration agencies, to direct such schools to conduct 
voter registration drives for students attending such 
schools, to direct the Secretary of Education to make 
grants to reimburse such schools for the costs of con-
ducting such voter registration drives, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘High School Voter Em-
powerment Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AS VOTER 
REGISTRATION AGENCIES. 
(a) REQUIRING DESIGNATION BY STATES.—Section 
7(a)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
(52 U.S.C. 20506(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) all public high schools (as defined in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 7801)) in the State.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO OP-
TIONAL DESIGNATION OF OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.— 
Section 
7(a)(3)(B)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(52 
U.S.C. 
20506(a)(3)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘public 
schools,’’ and inserting ‘‘public elementary schools (as de-
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fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801)),’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO CONDUCT VOTER REG-
ISTRATION DRIVES FOR STUDENTS. 
(a) VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.—Section 7 of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20506) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.— 
‘‘(1) VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.—A voter 
registration agency that is a public high school shall, 
at least once during each academic year, conduct a 
voter registration drive, and set as a goal for that 
year the registration of all students in the school 
who are— 
‘‘(A) enrolled in a class in American Gov-
ernment or Economics; 
‘‘(B) at least 17 years old as of April 10 
of that year; and 
‘‘(C) are eligible to register to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office held in the State. 
‘‘(2) USE OF VOTING MACHINES FOR STUDENT 
ELECTIONS.—At the request of a public high school 
which is operating a high school voter registration 
program under paragraph (1), the appropriate elec-
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