[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1702 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1702

     To require institutions of higher education to provide voter 
registration information and opportunities to students registering for 
                     class, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 1996

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require institutions of higher education to provide voter 
registration information and opportunities to students registering for 
                     class, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Student Voter Registration Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is--
            (1) to increase voter registration accessibility to 
        students; and
            (2) to increase voter participation among college and 
        university students.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993.

    Section 7(a) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 1973gg-5(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) each institution of higher education (as 
                defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act 
                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)) in that State that--
                            ``(i) receives Federal funds; and
                            ``(ii) provides a 2-year or 4-year program 
                        of instruction for which the institution awards 
                        an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate 
                        degree.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting ``or, in the case of 
        an institution of higher education, with each registration of a 
        student for enrollment in a course of study,'' after 
        ``assistance,''.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.

    Institutions of higher education shall implement the requirements 
of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et 
seq.) as amended by this Act--
            (1) in the case of an institution with enrollment of not 
        less than 10,000 students on the date of enactment of this Act, 
        by 1997;
            (2) in the case of an institution with enrollment of not 
        less than 5,000 and not more than 9,999 students on the date of 
        enactment of this Act, by January 1, 1998;
            (3) in the case of an institution with enrollment of not 
        less than 2,000 and not more than 4,999 students on the date of 
        enactment of this Act, by January 1, 1999; and
            (4) in the case of an institution with enrollment of less 
        than 2,000 students on the date of enactment of this Act, by 
        January 1, 2000.
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