HR 3077
117th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intergovernmental relations
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service Improvement Act
Introduced: May 11, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2021
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
May 13, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
May 11, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Postal Service Improvement Act
This bill requires mail-in ballots for federal elections to meet certain design and tracking requirements and revises authority to provide parental leave to postal employees.
Specifically, each mail-in ballot must be carried or delivered in an envelope that
- contains a USPS barcode that enables tracking of each individual ballot,
- satisfies USPS requirements for ballot envelope design and for machinable (i.e., able to be processed using USPS equipment) letters, and
- includes the official election mail logo.
The federal government must reimburse each state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. territory or possession) for the cost of using the barcode service.
The bill also provides paid parental leave to officers and employees of the USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission.
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
Committees of jurisdiction
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