Postal Service Improvement Act
- Last Action
- 5/13/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-13Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
- 2021-05-13Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2021-05-11Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- 2021-05-11Introduced in House
- 2021-05-11Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-11 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (16)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- Brenda Lawrence (D-MI)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
- Kathy Manning (D-NC)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- Andy Levin (D-MI)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Ted Lieu (D-CA)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
- David Scott (D-GA)
Subjects
- 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
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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