I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8104 
To provide for the issuance of the Voting By Mail Semipostal Stamp, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 25, 2020 
Ms. HAALAND (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. HAYES, and Mr. CARSON of 
Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the issuance of the Voting By Mail Semipostal 
Stamp, 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 ‘‘Vote By Mail Stamp 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. VOTING BY MAIL SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 
way for members of the public to contribute to funding 
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voting accessibility, the United States Postal Service shall 
issue a semipostal (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Voting 
By Mail Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The issuance and sale of the 
Voting By Mail Semipostal Stamp shall be governed 
by the provisions of section 416 of title 39, United 
States Code, and regulations issued under such sec-
tion, subject to the requirements of this subsection. 
(2) DURATION.—The Voting By Mail Semipost-
al Stamp shall be made available to the public for 
a period of 10 years, beginning no later than 3 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) COST.—The Voting By Mail Semipostal 
Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to the cost 
of mailing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the 
nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in 
effect at the time of purchase, plus a differential of 
not less than 25 percent. 
(4) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—All amounts 
becoming available from the sale of the Voting By 
Mail Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 
416(d) of such title) shall be transferred to the Elec-
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tion Assistance Commission for the purpose of 
grants under subsection (c). 
(5) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In accord-
ance with section 416(d)(4) of such title, amounts 
becoming available from the sale of the Voting By 
Mail Semipostal Stamp shall not be taken into ac-
count in any decision relating to the level of appro-
priations or other Federal funding to be furnished in 
any year to the Election Assistance Commission or 
any State. 
(c) GRANTS TO STATES TO SUPPORT VOTING BY 
MAIL.— 
(1) GRANTS.—The Election Assistance Com-
mission shall carry out a program to make grants to 
eligible States for supporting voting by mail, includ-
ing voting by absentee ballot, in elections for Federal 
office. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to receive 
a grant under the program under this subsection if 
the State submits to the Commission, at such time 
and in such form as the Commission may require, 
an application containing— 
(A) a description of how the State will use 
the grant to support voting by mail in the 
State; and 
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(B) such other information and assurances 
as the Commission may require. 
(3) AMOUNT.—The Commission shall determine 
the amount of a grant made to an eligible State 
under the program under this subsection, taking 
into account the information provided by the State 
in its application for the grant and the amount of 
funds available for grants under the program. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the end of each fiscal year during which an eligible 
State received a grant under the program under this 
subsection, the State shall submit a report to the 
Commission describing the activities the State car-
ried out with the grant. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
the fiscal years 2021 through 2030 such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this subsection, to be 
derived from amounts transferred to the Commission 
under subsection (b)(4). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘semipostal’’ refers to a postage 
stamp described in section 416(a)(1) of title 39, 
United States Code; and 
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(2) the term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
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