To require mail-in ballots to use the United States Postal Service barcode service, to provide paid parental leave to officers and employees of the Postal Service, and for other purposes.
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
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.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 5.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
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