,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjai,mr4 
,veasey introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,house             
,administration1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ci1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide that any      
absentee ballot may be mailed free of   
postage1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,postage ,free ,ballot ,act4  #b4   
,absentee ballots carried free of       
postage  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #cd of
 title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by adding after section #cdjf   
the following3  #cdjg4 ,absentee ballots
 carried free of postage  7a7 ,any      
absentee ballot for any election shall  

be carried expeditiously and free of    
postage4  7b7 ,as used in this section1 
the term absentee ballot does not       
include any ballot covered by section   
#cdjf4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
table of sections for chapter #cd of    
such title is amended by inserting after
 the item relating to section #cdjf the 
following3  #cdjg4 ,absentee ballots    
carried free of postage4  4  7c7        
,reimbursement ,section #bdja7;c7 of    
title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by striking #cdjf and inserting 
#cdjg4  #c4 ,use by ,states of          
requirements payments under ,help       
,america ,vote ,act of #bjjb to         
reimburse ,postal ,service  7a7         
,authorizing use of payments ,section   
#bea7;b7 of the ,help ,america ,vote    
,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajja7;b77
 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by
 striking as provided in paragraphs 7#b7
 and 7#c7 and inserting as otherwise    
provided in this subsection2 and  7#b7  
by adding at the end the following new  

paragraph3  7#d7 ,reimbursement of      
,postal ,service for costs associated   
with absentee ballots ,a ,state shall   
use a requirements payment to reimburse 
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service for
 the revenue which the ,postal ,service 
would have obtained as the result of the
 mailing of absentee ballots in the     
,state but for section #cdjg of title   
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code4  4  7b7     
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to the requirements payments made to a  
,state under part #a of subtitle ,d of  
title ,,ii of the ,help ,america ,vote  
,act of #bjjb 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #bajja et  
seq47-- 7#a7 for fiscal year #bjai or   
any previous fiscal year1 but only to   
the extent that any such payment remains
 unobligated or unexpended by the ,state
 as of the date of the enactment of this
 ,act2 and  7#b7 for fiscal year #bjbj  
and each succeeding fiscal year4