I 
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 Com-
mittee 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Postal Service Im-
provement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND POSTAL SERVICE BARCODE 
SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3001 of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(p) Any ballot sent within the United States for an 
election for Federal office is nonmailable and shall not be 
carried or delivered by mail unless the ballot is mailed in 
an envelope that— 
‘‘(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or suc-
cessive service or marking) that enables tracking of 
each individual ballot; 
‘‘(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 
‘‘(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo 
(or any successor label that the Postal Service may 
establish for ballots).’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any election for Federal office 
occurring after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT TO STATES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Federal Government 
shall reimburse each State (including the District of 
Columbia and any territory or possession of the 
United States) for the cost of using the Postal Serv-
ice barcode service as required under subsection (p) 
of section 3001 of title 39, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a). 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter such sums 
as may be necessary, to be derived from the general 
fund of the Treasury, for reimbursing States for 
such cost. 
SEC. 3. PAID PARENTAL LEAVE FOR POSTAL SERVICE AND 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION EMPLOY-
EES. 
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2612), is amended— 
(1) in section 101(2)(E)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by in-
serting ‘‘USPS, 
AND
POSTAL
REGULATORY 
COMMISSION’’ after ‘‘GAO’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the United States Postal 
Service, or the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ 
after ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’; and 
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(2) in section 102(d)(3)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘USPS, AND
POSTAL
REGULATORY
COMMIS-
SION’’ after ‘‘GAO’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Government Account-
ability Office’’ in each instance and inserting 
‘‘the Government Accountability Office, the 
United States Postal Service, or the Postal 
Regulatory Commission’’. 
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