[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5658 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5658

 To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail-in ballots to 
    use the Postal Service barcode service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

    Ms. Porter (for herself, Ms. Mace, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Donalds, Mr. 
 Connolly, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                           and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail-in ballots to 
    use the Postal Service barcode service, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Vote by Mail Tracking Act''.

SEC. 2. MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND POSTAL SERVICE BARCODE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Any ballot sent within the United States for an election for 
Federal office is nonmailable and shall not be carried or delivered by 
mail unless the ballot is mailed in an envelope that--
            ``(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or successive 
        service or marking) that enables tracking of each individual 
        ballot;
            ``(2) satisfies requirements for ballot envelope design 
        that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation;
            ``(3) satisfies requirements for machineable letters that 
        the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation; and
            ``(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo (or any 
        successor label that the Postal Service may establish for 
        ballots).''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any election for Federal office occurring after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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