,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjai,mr4 ,neguse 7for himself and ,mr4 
,sarbanes7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,national ,voter 
,registration ,act of #aiic to require  
,states to accept applications to       
register to vote in elections for       
,federal office in the ,state from      
individuals under #ah years of age at   
the time of application4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,next ,generation ,votes ,act4  #b4     
,acceptance of voter registration       
applications from individuals under #ah 
years of age  7a7 ,acceptance of        
applications ,section #h of the         
,national ,voter ,registration ,act of  
#aiic 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bjejg7 is         
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7j7 as subsection 7k72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7i7  

the following new subsection3  7j7      
,acceptance of applications from        
individuals under #ah years of age  7#a7
 ,in general ,a ,state may not refuse to
 accept or process an individual's      
application to register to vote in      
elections for ,federal office on the    
grounds that the individual is under #ah
 years of age at the time the individual
 submits the application1 so long as the
 individual is at least #af years of age
 at such time4  7#b7 ,no effect on      
,state voting age requirements ,nothing 
in paragraph 7#a7 may be construed to   
require a ,state to permit an individual
 who is under #ah years of age at the   
time of an election for ,federal office 
to vote in the election4  4  7b7        
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to elections occurring on or after      
,january #a1 #bjbj4