; or (ii) the last day of the period provided by State law for voter registration with respect to such election. (C) Clarification Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a chief State election official from registering an eligible individual to vote in the next election for Federal office in the State, including if an applicable agency transmits information under subsection (c)(1)(E) with respect to the individual after the applicable date. (3) Treatment of individuals under 18 years of age (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a State may not refuse to treat an individual as an eligible individual for purposes of this section on the grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of age on the date on which an applicable agency receives information with respect to the individual, provided that the individual is not less than 16 years of age at that time. (B) Exception Nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to require a State to permit an individual who is less than 18 years of age on the date of an election for Federal office to vote in the election. (c) Applicable agency responsibilities (1) Instructions on automatic registration for agencies collecting citizenship information (A) In general Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the case of any applicable transaction for which an applicable agency (in the normal course of the operations) requests (either directly or as part of the overall application submitted for the applicable transaction) that an individual affirm that the individual is a United States citizen, the applicable agency shall inform each such individual who is a citizen of the United States of the following: (i) Unless the individual declines to register to vote, or is found ineligible to vote— (I) the individual will be registered to vote