H.R. 7300
Make Elections Great Again Act
Sponsor: Bryan Steil
70 cosponsors
- Brian Babin
- Byron Donalds
- Claudia Tenney
- David Kustoff
- David Rouzer
- Diana Harshbarger
- John J. McGuire III
- Ken Calvert
- Mark Alford
- Max L. Miller
- Roger Williams
- Russell Fry
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Tim Moore
- Virginia Foxx
- Brad Finstad
- David J. Taylor
- Jake Ellzey
- Jefferson Shreve
- Mark B. Messmer
- Mike Collins
- Pat Harrigan
- Pete Sessions
- Scott DesJarlais
- Tony Wied
- Tracey Mann
- Mike Ezell
- Pete Stauber
- Tom Emmer
- Glenn Grothman
- John R. Moolenaar
- Jennifer A. Kiggans
- Lauren Boebert
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Tom Barrett
- Craig A. Goldman
- Ralph Norman
- Scott Franklin
- Eric Burlison
- Sheri Biggs
- William R. Timmons IV
- Mike Bost
- Erin Houchin
- Dusty Johnson
- Michael A. Rulli
- Adrian Smith
- Aaron Bean
- Abraham J. Hamadeh
- August Pfluger
- Chuck Edwards
- Derrick Van Orden
- Gregory F. Murphy
- Gus M. Bilirakis
- Jimmy Patronis
- John W. Rose
- Kevin Hern
- Lance Gooden
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Mary E. Miller
- Mike Carey
- Nicholas J. Begich III
- Rick W. Allen
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
- Ryan Mackenzie
- Stephanie I. Bice
- Thomas P. Tiffany
- Tim Walberg
- Tony Gonzales
- Vince Fong
- Young Kim
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Text of the bill
I Election Integrity
A Requiring Photo ID for Voting
B Voter Registration and List Maintenance Requirements
C Information Sharing Agreements With Attorney General
D Election Security
E Prohibition on Federal Agency Political Activities
II Election Administration
A Improving Administration of Elections
B Treatment of Ballots
(a) In general. Title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 30 the following new chapter:
31 Election Mail
3101. Trackable election mail
(a) In general. No entity of government shall furnish a ballot envelope for the purpose of being carried or delivered by mail unless such envelope—
(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or successive service or marking) that enables tracking of each individual ballot consistent with parameters that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation;
(2) satisfies requirements for ballot envelope design that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation;
(3) satisfies requirements for machineable letters that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation; and
(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo (or any successor label that the Postal Service may establish for ballots).
(b) Application. Subsection (a) does not apply to a Federal write-in absentee ballot under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20303).
(c) Information. Not later than June 1 of each calendar year, the Postmaster General shall provide, to the entities described in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the information necessary to comply with the requirements of this subsection, including how to access Postal Service tools to assist in generating the barcode or successive marking required by subsection (a)(1).
(b) Clerical amendment. The table of chapters for part IV of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 30 the following:
31.Election Mail3101
(c) Application. The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any election for Federal office occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.