HR 8344
116th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Postal service
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service
Voting rights
Election Mail Act of 2020
Introduced: September 22, 2020
Introduced by:
Lofgren, Zoe
Democratic
· California
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2020
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 22, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Election Mail Act of 2020
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to treat election mail as first-class mail and deliver such mail without postage, establishes certain standards for mail-in ballots, and requires states to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by election day and arrive within 10 days after the election.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
2