IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5658 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail- 
in ballots to use the Postal Service barcode service, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vote by Mail Tracking 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND POSTAL SERVICE BARCODE 
SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after chapter 30 the following new 
chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 31—ELECTION MAIL 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘3101. Trackable 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 suc-
cessive service or marking) that enables tracking of 
each individual ballot consistent with parameters 
that the Postal Service may promulgate by regula-
tion; 
‘‘(2) satisfies requirements for ballot envelope 
design that the Postal Service may promulgate by 
regulation; 
‘‘(3) satisfies requirements for machineable let-
ters that the Postal Service may promulgate by reg-
ulation; and 
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‘‘(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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘31. Election Mail .............................................................................. 3101’’. 
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(c) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any election for Federal office 
occurring in 2026 and any succeeding year. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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