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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3077 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2021 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. LYNCH, and Mrs. 

LAWRENCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Im5 provement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND POSTAL SERVICE BARCODE 

2 SERVICE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3001 of title 39, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(p) Any ballot sent within the United States for an 

7 election for Federal office is nonmailable and shall not be 

8 carried or delivered by mail unless the ballot is mailed in 

9 an envelope that— 

10 ‘‘(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or suc11 cessive service or marking) that enables tracking of 

12 each individual ballot; 

13 ‘‘(2) satisfies requirements for ballot envelope 

14 design that the Postal Service may promulgate by 

15 regulation; 

16 ‘‘(3) satisfies requirements for machineable let17 ters that the Postal Service may promulgate by reg18 ulation; and 

19 ‘‘(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo 

20 (or any successor label that the Postal Service may 

21 establish for ballots).’’. 

22 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub23 section (a) shall apply to any election for Federal office 

24 occurring after the date of enactment of this Act. 

25 (c) REIMBURSEMENT TO STATES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Government 

2 shall reimburse each State (including the District of 

3 Columbia and any territory or possession of the 

4 United States) for the cost of using the Postal Serv5 ice barcode service as required under subsection (p) 

6 of section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, as 

7 added by subsection (a). 

8 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

10 year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter such sums 

11 as may be necessary, to be derived from the general 

12 fund of the Treasury, for reimbursing States for 

13 such cost. 

14 SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR POSTAL SERVICE AND 

15 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION EMPLOY16 EES. 

17 The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 

18 U.S.C. 2612), is amended— 

19 (1) in section 101(2)(E)— 

20 (A) in the subparagraph heading, by in21 serting ‘‘USPS, AND POSTAL REGULATORY

22 COMMISSION’’ after ‘‘GAO’’; and 

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘the United States Postal 

24 Service, or the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ 

25 after ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’; and 


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1 (2) in section 102(d)(3)— 

2 (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

3 ‘‘USPS, AND POSTAL REGULATORY COMMIS4 SION’’ after ‘‘GAO’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘the Government Account6 ability Office’’ in each instance and inserting 

7 ‘‘the Government Accountability Office, the 

8 United States Postal Service, or the Postal 

9 Regulatory Commission’’. 

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