,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,uniformed   
and ,overseas ,citizens ,absentee       
,voting ,act to require ,states to delay
 certifying the results of regularly    
scheduled general elections for ,federal
 office in order to ensure the counting 
of any marked absentee ballots of absent
 overseas uniformed services voters that
 are collected by the ,presidential     
designee under such ,act for delivery to
 ,state election officials4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,military ,overseas ,ballot ,protection 
,act4  #b4 ,delay in certification of   
results of general elections for        
,federal office in order to count       
absentee ballots of absent overseas     
uniformed services voters ,section #ajb 
of the ,uniformed and ,overseas         

,citizens ,absentee ,voting ,act 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #aigc;ff-#a7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7j7 ,delay in certification
 of results of certain elections in     
order ,to count absentee ballots of     
absent overseas uniformed services      
voters  7#a7 ,in general ,a ,state may  
not certify the results of a regularly  
scheduled general election for ,federal 
office until the ,state has counted all 
of the valid marked absentee ballots of 
absent uniformed services voters cast in
 the election which are collected by the
 ,presidential designee and delivered to
 the appropriate election officials in  
the ,state under section #ajc;,a4  7#b7 
,permitting certification at certain    
time after election ,notwithstanding    
paragraph 7#a71 a ,state may certify the
 results of a regularly scheduled       
general election for ,federal office on 
the later of--  7,a7 the expiration of  
the #aj-;day period which begins on the 
date of the election2 or  7,b7 the date 

provided under ,state law4  4