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 ‘‘Military and Overseas 
Voting Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS OF OVER-
SEAS MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VOTERS USING 
EXPRESS 
MAIL 
SERVICES 
FOR 
TRANS-
MISSION. 
Section 102(a) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citi-
zens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff–1(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) accept and process, with respect to any 
election for Federal office, any otherwise valid ab-
sentee ballot (including the Federal write-in absentee 
ballot under section 103) from an overseas voter 
who provides the ballot to a provider of express mail 
services for transmission to the appropriate State 
election official not later than the day before the 
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date of the election (as determined on the basis of 
either a postmark or a dated receipt generated by 
the provider of express mail services at the time the 
voter provides the ballot to such provider), so long 
as the ballot is received by the official prior to the 
expiration of the 10-day period which begins on the 
date of the election (or, if longer, such period as 
may be provided under State law).’’. 
SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS INCURRED BY OVER-
SEAS MILITARY VOTERS IN USING EXPRESS 
MAIL SERVICES FOR TRANSMISSION OF AB-
SENTEE BALLOTS. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT.—Section 101 of the Uni-
formed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 
U.S.C. 1973ff) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR COSTS INCURRED
BY 
OVERSEAS UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS IN USING EX-
PRESS MAIL SERVICES FOR TRANSMISSION OF ABSENTEE 
BALLOTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Presidential designee 
shall make a payment to each eligible overseas voter 
described in section 107(5)(A) whose absentee ballot 
was transmitted to the appropriate State election of-
ficial by a provider of express mail services in an 
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amount equal to the reasonable costs incurred by the 
voter in using the provider to transmit the ballot. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY OF VOTERS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), an overseas voter described in section 
107(5)(A) is eligible to receive a payment from the 
Presidential designee under such paragraph if the 
voter submits to the Presidential designee (at such 
time and in such form as the Presidential designee 
may require) such information and assurances as 
the Presidential designee may require regarding the 
voter’s use of a provider of express mail services to 
transmit an absentee ballot and the costs incurred 
by the voter in using the provider to transmit the 
ballot. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Pres-
idential designee such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out this subsection.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 101(b) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(6); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) make payments to overseas uniformed 
services voters whose absentee ballots are trans-
mitted to State election officials by providers of ex-
press mail services, in accordance with subsection 
(d).’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to each election for Federal office held on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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