official responsible for processing such forms carries 
out procedures to track and confirm the receipt of 
such forms, and makes information on the receipt of 
such forms available to the individual applicant by 
means of online access using the Internet site of the 
official’s office. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION ON WHETHER FORM WAS 
ACCEPTED.—The information referred to under 
paragraph (1) with respect to the receipt of a voter 
registration application form shall include informa-
tion regarding whether the form was accepted and 
the applicant is registered to vote in the election for 
Federal office, and, in the case of a form which was 
not accepted, the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(c) USE OF TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER BY 
OFFICIALS WITHOUT INTERNET SITE.—A program estab-
lished by a State or local election official whose office does 
not have an Internet site may meet the requirements of 
subsections (a) and (b) if the official has established a toll- 
free telephone number that may be used— 
‘‘(1) by an individual who cast an absentee bal-
lot to obtain the information on the receipt of the 
voted absentee ballot as provided under subsection 
(a); and 
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‘‘(2) by an individual applicant for voter reg-
istration to obtain the information on the receipt of 
the voter registration application form as provided 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply 
with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2022 and each succeeding 
election for Federal office. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO EN-
FORCEMENT.—Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sections 301, 302, and 303’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title III’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the item relating to sec-
tions 304 as relating to section 305; and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Absentee ballot and voter registration application form tracking pro-
gram.’’. 
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SEC. 5. PROMOTING USE OF FEDERAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE 
BALLOT UNDER UNIFORMED AND OVERSEAS 
CITIZENS ABSENTEE VOTING ACT. 
(a) ELIMINATING EXEMPTIONS FOR STATES USING 
ALTERNATIVE BALLOTS AND STATES MAKING BALLOTS 
AVAILABLE 90 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION.—Section 103 
of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
Act (52 U.S.C. 20303) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (e) and (g); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (e). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to the regularly sched-
uled general election for Federal office held in November 
2020 and each succeeding election for Federal office. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Postmaster Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress a report on any change to 
the operations or the level of service provided by the Postal 
Service from those in effect on January 1, 2020, that— 
(1) reduced service performance or impeded 
prompt, reliable, and efficient services, including any 
actions described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of 
section 2(a); and 
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(2) was implemented or approved during the 
period beginning on June 15, 2020, and ending on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than January 1 
of any odd-numbered calendar year beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Postmaster General 
shall submit to Congress a report on any changes de-
scribed in section 2(a) that were implemented or approved 
during the previous calendar year. 
(c) MILITARY AND OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTING.— 
Not later 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Presidential designee under the Uni-
formed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, shall 
submit to Congress a report on how changes to the oper-
ations or level of service provided by the Postal Service 
affect absentee voting by absent uniformed service voters 
and overseas voters under such Act. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION OF MILITARY AND OVERSEAS 
VOTER EMPOWERMENT ACT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the effective-
ness of the implementation of the Military and Overseas 
Voter Empowerment Act (subtitle H of title V of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010; 
Public Law 111–84) and the amendments made by such 
Act, including the effectiveness of such Act and such 
amendments in promoting registration and voting by ab-
sent uniformed service voters and overseas voters and in 
increasing the availability and effectiveness of voter reg-
istration and voting assistance services for such voters, 
and shall include in the report such recommendations as 
the Inspector General considers appropriate for improving 
the availability and effectiveness of such services for such 
voters. 
SEC. 7. CYBERSPACE INFORMATION THREAT TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any currently man-
dated training, the Secretary of Defense shall annually 
furnish to all members of the Armed Forces and all civil-
ian employees of the Department of Defense training re-
garding cyberspace information threats. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means— 
(A) a government of a foreign country or 
an agency or instrumentality of a foreign coun-
try; 
(B) a foreign person that is aided, abetted, 
or directed by a government of a foreign coun-
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