[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5265 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5265

 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to increase the 
           number of college students who register and vote.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1994

Mr. Gutierrez 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 increase the 
           number of college students who register and vote.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASED STUDENT ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

    Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 7 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-5(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' after the semicolon at the end 
        of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph 
        (B) and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) all State-funded institutions of higher education, 
        through class registration or student fee payment, or both.''.

SEC. 2. POLLING PLACES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

    The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 14. POLLING PLACES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

    ``The chief election officer of each State shall, with respect to 
elections for Federal office, provide for a polling place at a central 
location on each campus of a State-funded institution of higher 
education. At each such polling place, either absentee ballots or 
regular ballots shall be made available to voters who reside in the 
same county as the polling place.''.
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