,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afcg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjai,ms4 
,wilson of ,florida introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,education and ,labor1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,national ,voter ,registration
 ,act of #aiic to require ,states to    
designate public high schools as voter  
registration agencies1 to direct such   
schools to conduct voter registration   
drives for students attending such      
schools1 to direct the ,secretary of    
,education to make grants to reimburse  
such schools for the costs of conducting
 such voter registration drives1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,high ,school 

,voter ,empowerment ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,designation of public high schools as  
voter registration agencies  7a7        
,requiring designation by ,states       
,section #g7;a77#b7 of the ,national    
,voter ,registration ,act of #aiic 7#eb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bjejf7;a77#b77 is amended--  
7#a7 by striking and at the end of      
subparagraph 7,a72  7#b7 by striking the
 period at the end of subparagraph 7,b7 
and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraph3  7,c7 all public high     
schools 7as defined in section #haja of 
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja77  
in the ,state4  4  7b7 ,conforming      
amendment relating to optional          
designation of other public schools     
,section #g7;a77#c77;,b77i7 of such ,act
 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejf7;a77#c77;,b77i77 
is amended by striking public schools1  
and inserting public elementary schools 
7as defined in section #haja of the     
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   

,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja7714  #c4      
,requiring schools to conduct voter     
registration drives for students  7a7   
,voter registration drives ,section #g  
of the ,national ,voter ,registration   
,act of #aiic 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejf7 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7e7 ,special 
rules for public high schools  7#a7     
,voter registration drives ,a voter     
registration agency that is a public    
high school shall1 at least once during 
each academic year1 conduct a voter     
registration drive1 and set as a goal   
for that year the registration of all   
students in the school who are--  7,a7  
enrolled in a class in ,american        
,government or ,economics2  7,b7 at     
least #ag years old as of ,april #aj of 
that year2 and  7,c7 are eligible to    
register to vote in elections for       
,federal office held in the ,state4     
7#b7 ,use of voting machines for student
 elections ,at the request of a public  
high school which is operating a high   

school voter registration program under 
paragraph 7#a71 the appropriate election
 official of the ,state may enter into  
an agreement under which the official   
provides the school with voting machines
 and related equipment and supplies for 
use in a student council or similar     
election held at the school1 under such 
terms and conditions as the school and  
official may determine4  4  7b7         
,availability of grants ,to cover costs 
of voter registration drives  7#a7      
,establishment of program ,the          
,secretary of ,education 7hereafter     
referred to as the ,secretary7 shall    
establish and operate a program under   
which the ,secretary shall make a       
payment during a year to an eligible    
public high school to reimburse the     
school for the reasonable costs incurred
 by the school in carrying out a voter  
registration drive under section #g7;e7 
of the ,national ,voter ,registration   
,act of #aiic 7as added by subsection   
7a77 during that year4  7#b7            

,eligibility ,a public high school is   
eligible to receive a payment under the 
program under this subsection with      
respect to a voter registration drive if
 the school submits to the ,secretary1  
at such time and in such form as the    
,secretary may require1 an application  
containing--  7,a7 a statement of the   
reasonable costs incurred by the school 
in carrying out the voter registration  
drive1 including the information used by
 the school to determine the amount of  
such costs2  7,b7 a description of the  
activities conducted under the drive1   
including the number of students        
registered2 and  7,c7 such other        
information and assurances as the       
,secretary may require4  7#c7           
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated for   
payments under this subsection such sums
 as may be necessary for fiscal year    
#bjbj and each succeeding fiscal year4  
#d4 ,effective date ,this ,act and the  
amendments made by this ,act shall take 

effect upon the expiration of the       
#ij-;day period which begins on the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4