[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1125 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1125

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for the 
  treatment of institutions of higher education as voter registration 
                               agencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for the 
  treatment of institutions of higher education as voter registration 
                               agencies.

    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 Opportunity To 
Encourage Registration Act of 2009'' or the ``Student VOTER Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF UNIVERSITIES AS VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--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) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) each institution of higher education (as 
                defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) in the State that receives 
                Federal funds.''; 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,''.
    (b) Amendment to Higher Education Act of 1965.--Section 487(a) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (23).
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