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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025
Original Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program providing funds, during FY2025, to local educational agencies (LEAs) for initiatives that provide 12th graders with voter registration information.
LEAs must consult with their state and local election officials in developing the initiatives.
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Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · D–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would create a pilot program to fund voter-registration information for 12th-grade students through eligible local education agencies during fiscal year 2025. Participating agencies would have to consult election officials and report on their activities and effectiveness. The bill would authorize funding without specifying a dollar amount; that authorization would not itself provide the money.
the Commission shall provide funds during fiscal year 2025 to eligible local educational agencies for initiatives to provide information on registering to vote in elections for public office to secondary school students in the 12th grade.
A local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot program shall consult with the State and local election officials
each local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot program under this Act shall submit a report to the Commission describing the initiatives carried out with the funds and analyzing their effectiveness.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
The Election Assistance Commission would be required to run the pilot program and provide funds during fiscal year 2025. The funded initiatives would give 12th-grade secondary school students information about registering to vote in elections for public office.
The Election Assistance Commission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commission) shall carry out a pilot program under which the Commission shall provide funds during fiscal year 2025 to eligible local educational agencies for initiatives to provide information on registering to vote in elections for public office to secondary school students in the 12th grade.
To qualify for funding, a local education agency would have to apply on the Commission’s schedule and in its required format. The application would describe the proposed initiatives, estimate their costs, and include any other information and assurances the Commission requires.
A local educational agency is eligible to receive funds under the pilot program under this Act if the agency submits to the Commission, at such time and in such form as the Commission may require, an application containing— (1) a description of the initiatives the agency intends to carry out with the funds; (2) an estimate of the costs associated with such initiatives; and (3) such other information and assurances as the Commission may require.
Agencies receiving funds would have to consult the state and local officials who administer public-office elections in their service area when developing the funded initiatives.
A local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot program shall consult with the State and local election officials who are responsible for administering elections for public office in the area served by the agency in developing the initiatives the agency will carry out with the funds.
The bill would use the definitions of “local educational agency” and “secondary school” from section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
In this Act, the terms local educational agency and secondary school have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
Each funded agency would have to report to the Commission within the 90-day period beginning when it receives funds. Its report would describe the initiatives carried out and analyze their effectiveness.
Not later than the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the receipt of the funds, each local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot program under this Act shall submit a report to the Commission describing the initiatives carried out with the funds and analyzing their effectiveness.
The Commission would have to report to Congress on the pilot program within the 60-day period beginning when it receives the final local agency report.
Not later than the expiration of the 60-day period which begins on the date the Commission receives the final report submitted by a local educational agency under subsection (a), the Commission shall submit a report to Congress on the pilot program under this Act.
The bill would authorize Congress to provide whatever funding is necessary to carry it out. It specifies no dollar amount and does not itself appropriate funds, meaning it does not itself supply spending authority.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated April 21, 2026, records that the bill was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on House Administration on January 3, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-04-21T16:27:20Z. 2025-01-03: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. 2025-01-03: Introduced in House
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