Postal Service Improvement Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 11, 2021
Last action May 13, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Amendments
1
May 13, 2021
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
lower
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
May 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
lower
May 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carolyn B. Maloney
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Levin
DDemocratic
Co
Brenda L. Lawrence
DDemocratic
Co
Darren Soto
DDemocratic
Co
David Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jimmy Gomez
DDemocratic
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