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 ‘‘Equal Access to Sup-
port Youth Voting Act’’ or the ‘‘EASY Voting Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DISSEMINATION OF FALSE INFORMA-
TION REGARDING STUDENT VOTING IN FED-
ERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 612. Dissemination of false information regarding 
student voting in Federal elections 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly disseminates false informa-
tion for the purpose of discouraging a student of an insti-
tution of higher education from registering to vote or vot-
ing in an election for Federal office, or from registering 
to vote or voting in an election for Federal office in a spe-
cific jurisdiction, shall be fined under this title or impris-
oned not more than 1 year, or both. 
‘‘(b) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the terms ‘election’ and ‘Federal office’ 
have the meaning given such terms in section 301 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 431); and 
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‘‘(2) 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) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 29 of such title is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘612. Dissemination of false information regarding student voting in Federal 
elections.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRING STATES TO ACCEPT STUDENT IDENTI-
FICATIONS 
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 identifica-
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tion 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 ‘institu-
tion 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 propri-
etary 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 in-
serting ‘‘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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