Postage Free Ballot Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Dec 8, 2016)
Postage Free Ballot Act
Any absentee ballot for any election shall be carried through the mail expeditiously and free of charge.
This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct a state to use a requirements payment to reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for revenue it would have obtained from the mailing of absentee ballots but for the requirement that such ballots be mailed for free.
What just happenedDec 8, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseDec 8, 2016
- Dec 8, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committee on House Administration - Dec 8, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Dec 8, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oversight and Accountability Committee - Dec 8, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Dec 8, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House