3.0.0 992 2023-01-11T13:47:33Z 2023-01-11T13:47:33Z Senate S 2021-03-25 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-25T18:15:12Z Help Students Vote Act 117 2232 HR 2021-03-26 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. Identical bill CRS 2021-03-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-03-25 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-03-25 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-03-25 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-03-25 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-03-25 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-03-25 True Education Civil actions and liability Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Higher education Voting rights Education 00 2021-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-16T16:52:20Z Help Students Vote Act

This bill addresses voter registration of students who attend institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student-aid programs. The bill also directs IHEs to use a specified portion of federal work-study grants to compensate students for civic engagement activities.

Specifically, the bill (1) requires IHEs to make every reasonable effort to distribute voter registration applications to each of their students at least twice a year, (2) authorizes grants to IHEs that greatly exceed the requirements governing the distribution of voter registration applications, and (3) allows civil actions against IHEs that violate the requirements.

In addition, the bill requires IHEs to use a specified portion of federal work-study grants to compensate students who are employed in civic engagement activities, including voter registration, nonpartisan voter engagement, and voter participation work.

]]> Help Students Vote Act Display Title Help Students Vote Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education that participate in programs under such title to distribute voter registration forms to students enrolled at the institution, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Help Students Vote Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s992is/xml/BILLS-117s992is.xml 2021-03-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.