Subtitle C—Same Day Voter 
Registration 
SEC. 1201. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306; and 
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) REGISTRATION.—Each State shall permit 
any eligible individual on the day of a Federal elec-
tion and on any day when voting, including early 
voting, is permitted for a Federal election— 
‘‘(A) to register to vote in such election at 
the polling place using a form that meets the 
requirements under section 9(b) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (or, if the indi-
vidual is already registered to vote, to revise 
any of the individual’s voter registration infor-
mation); and 
‘‘(B) to cast a vote in such election. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, 
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under a State law in effect continuously on and after 
the date of the enactment of this section, there is no 
voter registration requirement for individuals in the 
State with respect to elections for Federal office. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means, with respect 
to any election for Federal office, an individual who is oth-
erwise qualified to vote in that election. 
‘‘(c) ENSURING
AVAILABILITY
OF
FORMS.—The 
State shall ensure that each polling place has copies of 
any forms an individual may be required to complete in 
order to register to vote or revise the individual’s voter 
registration information under this section. 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) 
for the regularly scheduled general election for Federal of-
fice occurring in November 2022 and for any subsequent 
election for Federal office.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 302, and 303’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title III’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the items relating to sec-
tions 304 and 305 as relating to sections 305 and 
306; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Same day registration.’’. 
Subtitle D—Conditions on Removal 
on Basis of Interstate Cross-Checks 
SEC. 1301. CONDITIONS ON REMOVAL OF REGISTRANTS 
FROM OFFICIAL LIST OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS 
ON BASIS OF INTERSTATE CROSS-CHECKS. 
(a) MINIMUM INFORMATION REQUIRED
FOR RE-
MOVAL UNDER CROSS-CHECK.—Section 8(c)(2) of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20507(c))(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) To the extent that the program carried out by 
a State under subparagraph (A) to systematically remove 
the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligi-
ble voters uses information obtained in an interstate cross- 
check, in addition to any other conditions imposed under 
this Act on the authority of the State to remove the name 
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of the voter from such a list, the State may not remove 
the name of the voter from such a list unless— 
‘‘(i) the State obtained the voter’s full name 
(including the voter’s middle name, if any) and date 
of birth, and the last 4 digits of the voter’s social 
security number, in the interstate cross-check; or 
‘‘(ii) the State obtained documentation from the 
ERIC system that the voter is no longer a resident 
of the State. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘interstate cross-check’ means the 
transmission of information from an election official 
in one State to an election official of another State; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘ERIC system’ means the system 
operated by the Electronic Registration Information 
Center to share voter registration information and 
voter identification information among participating 
States.’’. 
(b) REQUIRING COMPLETION
OF CROSS-CHECKS 
NOT LATER THAN 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO ELECTION.— 
Subparagraph (A) of section 8(c)(2) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘not later 
than 90 days’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘not later than 
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90 days (or, in the case of a program in which the State 
uses interstate cross-checks, not later than 6 months)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (D) 
of section 8(c)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20507(c)(2)), 
as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘This paragraph’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to elections held on or 
after the expiration of the 6-month period which begins 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle E—Other Initiatives To 
Promote Voter Registration 
SEC. 1401. ANNUAL REPORTS ON VOTER REGISTRATION 
STATISTICS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the end of each year, each State shall submit to the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission and Congress a report con-
taining the following categories of information for the 
year: 
(1) The number of individuals who were reg-
istered under part 2. 
(2) The number of voter registration applica-
tion forms completed by individuals that were trans-
mitted by motor vehicle authorities in the State 
(pursuant to section 5(d) of the National Voter Reg-
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istration Act of 1993) and voter registration agen-
cies in the State (as designated under section 7 of 
such Act) to the chief State election official of the 
State, broken down by each such authority and 
agency. 
(3) The number of such individuals whose voter 
registration application forms were accepted and 
who were registered to vote in the State and the 
number of such individuals whose forms were re-
jected and who were not registered to vote in the 
State, broken down by each such authority and 
agency. 
(4) The number of change of address forms and 
other forms of information indicating that an indi-
vidual’s identifying information has been changed 
that were transmitted by such motor vehicle authori-
ties and voter registration agencies to the chief State 
election official of the State, broken down by each 
such authority and agency and the type of form 
transmitted. 
(5) The number of individuals on the statewide 
computerized voter registration list (as established 
and maintained under section 303 of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002) whose voter registration 
information was revised by the chief State election 
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SEC. 1403. USE OF POSTAL SERVICE HARD COPY CHANGE 
OF ADDRESS FORM TO REMIND INDIVIDUALS 
TO UPDATE VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General 
shall modify any hard copy change of address form used 
by the United States Postal Service so that such form con-
tains a reminder that any individual using such form 
should update the individual’s voter registration as a re-
sult of any change in address. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The requirement in subsection 
(a) shall not apply to any electronic version of a change 
of address form used by the United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 1404. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ACTIVITIES TO EN-
COURAGE 
INVOLVEMENT 
OF 
MINORS 
IN 
ELECTION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Election Assistance 
Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Commission’’) shall make grants to eligible 
States to enable such States to carry out a plan to 
increase the involvement of individuals under 18 
years of age in public election activities in the State. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
PLANS.—A State’s plan 
under this subsection shall include— 
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(A) methods to promote the use of the pre- 
registration process implemented under section 
8A of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (as added by section 2(a)); 
(B) modifications to the curriculum of sec-
ondary schools in the State to promote civic en-
gagement; and 
(C) such other activities to encourage the 
involvement of young people in the electoral 
process as the State considers appropriate. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to receive a 
grant under this section if the State submits to the Com-
mission, at such time and in such form as the Commission 
may require, an application containing— 
(1) a description of the State’s plan under sub-
section (a); 
(2) a description of the performance measures 
and targets the State will use to determine its suc-
cess in carrying out the plan; and 
(3) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(c) PERIOD OF GRANT; REPORT.— 
(1) PERIOD OF GRANT.—A State receiving a 
grant under this section shall use the funds provided 
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by the grant over a 2-year period agreed to between 
the State and the Commission. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the end of the 2-year period agreed to under para-
graph (1), the State shall submit to the Commission 
a report on the activities the State carried out with 
the funds provided by the grant, and shall include 
in the report an analysis of the extent to which the 
State met the performance measures and targets in-
cluded in its application under subsection (b)(2). 
(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the several States and the District 
of Columbia. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this 
section $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 1405. PERMISSION TO PLACE EXHIBITS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement 
procedures to allow the chief election officer of a State 
to provide information about voter registration, including 
through a display or exhibit, after the conclusion of an 
administrative naturalization ceremony in that State. 
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SEC. 1406. REQUIRING STATES TO ESTABLISH AND OPER-
ATE VOTER PRIVACY PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall establish and op-
erate a privacy program to enable victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and traf-
ficking to have personally identifiable information that the 
State or local election officials maintain with respect to 
an individual voter registration status for purposes of elec-
tions for Federal office in the State, including addresses, 
be kept confidential. 
(b) NOTICE.—Each State shall notify residents of 
that State of the information that State and local election 
officials maintain with respect to an individual voter reg-
istration status for purposes of elections for Federal office 
in the State, how that information is shared or sold and 
with whom, what information is automatically kept con-
fidential, what information is needed to access voter infor-
mation online, and the privacy programs that are avail-
able. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each State shall make 
information about the program established under sub-
section (a) available on a publicly accessible website. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘domestic violence’’, ‘‘stalking’’, 
‘‘sexual assault’’, and ‘‘dating violence’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 40002 of the 
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Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12291). 
(2) The term ‘‘trafficking’’ means an act or 
practice described in paragraph (11) or (12) of sec-
tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
SEC. 1407. INCLUSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMA-
TION WITH CERTAIN LEASES AND VOUCHERS 
FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING 
AND MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM STATEMENT.—The 
Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 
in coordination with the Election Assistance Commission, 
shall develop a uniform statement designed to provide re-
cipients of such statement pursuant to this section of how 
they can register to vote and their voting rights under law. 
(b) LEASES AND VOUCHERS FOR FEDERALLY AS-
SISTED RENTAL HOUSING.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall require— 
(1) each public housing agency to provide a 
copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to 
subsection (a) to each lessee of a dwelling unit in 
public housing administered by such agency— 
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(A) together with the lease for such a 
dwelling unit, at the same time such lease is 
provided to the lessee; and 
(B) together with any income verification 
form, at the same time such form is provided 
to the lessee; 
(2) each public housing agency that administers 
rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher 
program under section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), includ-
ing the program under paragraph (13) of such sec-
tion 8(o), to provide a copy of the uniform statement 
developed pursuant to subsection (a) to each assisted 
family or individual— 
(A) together with the voucher for such as-
sistance, at the time such voucher is issued for 
such family or individual; and 
(B) together with any income verification 
form, at the same time such form is provided 
to the applicant or assisted family or individual; 
and 
(3) each owner of a dwelling unit assisted with 
Federal project-based rental assistance to provide a 
copy of the uniform statement developed pursuant to 
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subsection (a) to provide to the lessee of such dwell-
ing unit— 
(A) together with the lease for such dwell-
ing unit, at the same time such form is pro-
vided to the lessee; and 
(B) together with any income verification 
form, at the same time such form is provided 
to the applicant or tenant; 
except that the Secretary of Agriculture shall admin-
ister the requirement under this paragraph with re-
spect to Federal project-based rental assistance 
specified in subsection (e)(1)(D). 
(c) APPLICATIONS
FOR RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE 
LOANS.—The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Finan-
cial Protection shall require each creditor that receives an 
application (within the meaning of such term as used in 
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691)) for 
a residential mortgage loan to provide a copy of the uni-
form statement developed pursuant to subsection (a) in 
written form to the applicant for such residential mort-
gage loan, within 5 business days of the date of applica-
tion. 
(d) OPTIONAL COMPLETION
OF APPLICATION.— 
Nothing in this section may be construed to require any 
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individual to complete an application for voter registra-
tion. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) FEDERAL PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—The term ‘‘Federal project-based rental as-
sistance’’ means project-based rental assistance pro-
vided under— 
(A) section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 
(B) section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
(C) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013); 
(D) title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), including voucher assist-
ance under section 542 of such title (42 U.S.C. 
1490r); 
(E) subtitle D of title VIII of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 
(F) title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12721 et seq.); 
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(G) the Housing Trust Fund program 
under section 1338 of the Federal Housing En-
terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4588); or 
(H) subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.). 
(2) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 8(f) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)). 
(3) PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN-
CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous-
ing agency’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(4) RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN.—The term 
‘‘residential mortgage loan’’ includes any loan which 
is secured by a first or subordinate lien on residen-
tial real property (including individual units of con-
dominiums and cooperatives) designed principally for 
the occupancy of from 1 to 4 families. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
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may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out this section. 
Subtitle F—Availability of HAVA 
Requirements Payments 
SEC. 1501. AVAILABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS PAYMENTS 
UNDER HAVA TO COVER COSTS OF COMPLI-
ANCE WITH NEW REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(b) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as provided 
in paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘as other-
wise provided in this subsection’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN
VOTER
REGISTRATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—A State may use a requirements payment to 
carry out any of the requirements of the Voter Reg-
istration Modernization Act of 2021, including the 
requirements of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 which are imposed pursuant to the amend-
ments made to such Act by the Voter Registration 
Modernization Act of 2021.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 254(a)(1) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21004(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
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ing 
‘‘section 
251(a)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
251(b)(2)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2022 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
Subtitle 
G—Prohibiting 
Inter-
ference With Voter Registration 
SEC. 1601. PROHIBITING HINDERING, INTERFERING WITH, 
OR PREVENTING VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 
States Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 612. Hindering, interfering with, or preventing 
registering to vote 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, to 
corruptly hinder, interfere with, or prevent another person 
from registering to vote or to corruptly hinder, interfere 
with, or prevent another person from aiding another per-
son in registering to vote. 
‘‘(b) ATTEMPT.—Any person who attempts to commit 
any offense described in subsection (a) shall be subject to 
the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense that 
the person attempted to commit. 
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‘‘(c) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than 5 years, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘612. Hindering, interfering with, or preventing registering to vote.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 
no person may be found to have violated section 612 of 
title 18, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), 
on the basis of any act occurring prior to the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1602. ESTABLISHMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. 
(a) BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Election Assist-
ance Commission shall develop and publish recommenda-
tions for best practices for States to use to deter and pre-
vent violations of section 612 of title 18, United States 
Code (as added by section 1601), and section 12 of the 
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20511) (relating to the unlawful interference with reg-
istering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register to vote 
or vote), including practices to provide for the posting of 
relevant information at polling places and voter registra-
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tion agencies under such Act, the training of poll workers 
and election officials, and relevant educational materials. 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘State’’ includes 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands. 
(b) INCLUSION IN VOTER INFORMATION REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 302(b)(2) of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) information relating to the prohibi-
tions of section 612 of title 18, United States 
Code, and section 12 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20511) 
(relating to the unlawful interference with reg-
istering to vote, or voting, or attempting to reg-
ister to vote or vote), including information on 
how individuals may report allegations of viola-
tions of such prohibitions.’’. 
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Subtitle H—Voter Registration 
Efficiency Act 
SEC. 1701. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 
DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI-
CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI-
DENCE 
FOR 
VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
PUR-
POSES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
APPLICANTS
FOR
LI-
CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall 
require each individual applying for a motor vehicle 
driver’s license in the State— 
‘‘(i) to indicate whether the individual re-
sides in another State or resided in another 
State prior to applying for the license, and, if 
so, to identify the State involved; and 
‘‘(ii) to indicate whether the individual in-
tends for the State to serve as the individual’s 
residence for purposes of registering to vote in 
elections for Federal office. 
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‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an in-
dividual indicates to the State motor vehicle author-
ity that the individual intends for the State to serve 
as the individual’s residence for purposes of reg-
istering to vote in elections for Federal office, the 
authority shall notify the motor vehicle authority of 
the State identified by the individual pursuant to 
subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify the chief State 
election official of such State that the individual no 
longer intends for that State to serve as the individ-
ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 
elections for Federal office.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 
occurring in 2021 or any succeeding year. 
Subtitle I—Providing Voter Reg-
istration Information to Sec-
ondary School Students 
SEC. 1801. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING VOTER REG-
ISTRATION INFORMATION TO SECONDARY 
SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIOR TO GRADUATION. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Election Assistance Com-
mission (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Com-
mission’’) shall carry out a pilot program under which the 
Commission shall provide funds during the 1-year period 
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beginning after the date of the enactment of this subtitle 
to eligible local educational agencies for initiatives to pro-
vide information on registering to vote in elections for pub-
lic office to secondary school students in the 12th grade. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A local educational agency is eligi-
ble to receive funds under the pilot program under this 
subtitle 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) a description of how the agency will 
prioritize access to such initiatives for schools that 
serve— 
(A) the highest numbers or percentages of 
students counted under section 1124(c) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 
(B) the highest percentages of students 
who are eligible for a free or reduced price 
lunch under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) 
(which, in the case of a high school, may be cal-
culated using comparable data from the schools 
that feed into the high school), as compared to 
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other public schools in the jurisdiction of the 
agency; 
(3) an estimate of the costs associated with 
such initiatives; and 
(4) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(c) PRIORITY
FOR SCHOOLS RECEIVING TITLE I 
FUNDS.—In selecting among eligible local educational 
agencies for receiving funds under the pilot program under 
this subtitle, the Commission shall give priority to local 
educational agencies that receive funds under part A of 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 
(d) CONSULTATION WITH ELECTION OFFICIALS.—A 
local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot 
program shall consult with the State and local election of-
ficials 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. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this subtitle, the terms ‘‘local 
educational agency’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
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SEC. 1802. 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 
subtitle shall submit a report to the Commission describ-
ing the initiatives carried out with the funds and analyzing 
their effectiveness. 
(b) REPORT BY COMMISSION.—Not later than the ex-
piration 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 Com-
mission shall submit a report to Congress on the pilot pro-
gram under this part. 
SEC. 1803. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle. 
Subtitle J—Voter Registration of 
Minors 
SEC. 1901. ACCEPTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLI-
CATIONS 
FROM 
INDIVIDUALS 
UNDER 
YEARS OF AGE. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS.—Section 8 of 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
20507), as amended by section 1004, is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (l); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(k) ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS FROM INDIVID-
UALS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may not refuse to 
accept or process an individual’s application to reg-
ister to vote in elections for Federal office on the 
grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age 
at the time the individual submits the application, so 
long as the individual is at least 16 years of age at 
such time. 
‘‘(2) NO EFFECT ON STATE VOTING AGE RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) may be 
construed to require a State to permit an individual 
who is under 18 years of age at the time of an elec-
tion for Federal office to vote in the election.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring on or after January 1, 2022. 
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TITLE II—ACCESS TO VOTING 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES 
SEC. 2001. REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES TO PROMOTE AC-
CESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTING 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Subtitle A of title III of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.), 
as amended by section 1201(a), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 305 and 306 as 
sections 306 and 307; and 
(2) by inserting after section 304 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 305. ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTING 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
‘‘(a) TREATMENT
OF
APPLICATIONS
AND
BAL-
LOTS.—Each State shall— 
‘‘(1) permit individuals with disabilities to use 
absentee registration procedures and to vote by ab-
sentee ballot in elections for Federal office; 
‘‘(2) accept and process, with respect to any 
election for Federal office, any otherwise valid voter 
registration application and absentee ballot applica-
tion from an individual with a disability if the appli-
cation is received by the appropriate State election 
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official within the deadline for the election which is 
applicable under Federal law; 
‘‘(3) in addition to any other method of reg-
istering to vote or applying for an absentee ballot in 
the State, establish procedures— 
‘‘(A) for individuals with disabilities to re-
quest by mail and electronically voter registra-
tion applications and absentee ballot applica-
tions with respect to elections for Federal office 
in accordance with subsection (c); 
‘‘(B) for States to send by mail and elec-
tronically (in accordance with the preferred 
method of transmission designated by the indi-
vidual under subparagraph (C)) voter registra-
tion applications and absentee ballot applica-
tions requested under subparagraph (A) in ac-
cordance with subsection (c)); and 
‘‘(C) by which such an individual can des-
ignate whether the individual prefers that such 
voter registration application or absentee ballot 
application be transmitted by mail or electroni-
cally; 
‘‘(4) in addition to any other method of trans-
mitting blank absentee ballots in the State, establish 
procedures for transmitting by mail and electroni-
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cally blank absentee ballots to individuals with dis-
abilities with respect to elections for Federal office 
in accordance with subsection (d); 
‘‘(5) transmit a validly requested absentee bal-
lot to an individual with a disability— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subsection (e), 
in the case in which the request is received at 
least 45 days before an election for Federal of-
fice, not later than 45 days before the election; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case in which the request is re-
ceived less than 45 days before an election for 
Federal office— 
‘‘(i) in accordance with State law; and 
‘‘(ii) if practicable and as determined 
appropriate by the State, in a manner that 
expedites the transmission of such absen-
tee ballot; and 
‘‘(6) if the State declares or otherwise holds a 
runoff election for Federal office, establish a written 
plan that provides absentee ballots are made avail-
able to individuals with disabilities in a manner that 
gives them sufficient time to vote in the runoff elec-
tion. 
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‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF SINGLE STATE OFFICE TO 
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION AND ABSEN-
TEE BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR ALL DISABLED VOTERS 
IN STATE.—Each State shall designate a single office 
which shall be responsible for providing information re-
garding voter registration procedures and absentee ballot 
procedures to be used by individuals with disabilities with 
respect to elections for Federal office to all individuals 
with disabilities who wish to register to vote or vote in 
any jurisdiction in the State. 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF MEANS OF ELECTRONIC COM-
MUNICATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO 
REQUEST AND FOR STATES TO SEND VOTER REGISTRA-
TION APPLICATIONS AND ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICA-
TIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATED TO VOTING 
INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall, in addi-
tion to the designation of a single State office under 
subsection (b), designate not less than 1 means of 
electronic communication— 
‘‘(A) for use by individuals with disabilities 
who wish to register to vote or vote in any ju-
risdiction in the State to request voter registra-
tion applications and absentee ballot applica-
tions under subsection (a)(3); 
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