Title: Next Generation Votes Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Next Generation Votes Act
This bill prohibits a state from refusing to accept an individual's application to register to vote in federal elections on the grounds that the individual is under 18 years of age, so long as the individual is at least 16 years of age.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 576 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 576

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States 
  to accept applications to register to vote in elections for Federal 
office in the State from individuals under 18 years of age at the time 
                            of application.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2021

  Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
 Levin of Michigan, Ms. Norton, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Soto, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blumenauer, and Mr. Johnson of 
   Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States 
  to accept applications to register to vote in elections for Federal 
office in the State from individuals under 18 years of age at the time 
                            of application.

    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 ``Next Generation Votes Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS 
              UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.

    (a) Acceptance of Applications.--Section 8 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Acceptance of Applications From Individuals Under 18 Years of 
Age.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State may not refuse to accept or 
        process an individual's application to register 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 requirements.--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 
        election for Federal office to vote in the election.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring on or after January 1, 2021.
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