,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois   
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,cook1   
,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4       
,rogers of ,kentucky1 ,mr4 ,wittman1    
,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4       
,bergman1 ,mr4 ,walker1 ,mr4 ,pence1    
,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,thornberry1 ,mr4   
,mast1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1   
,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south 
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4         
,mc,caul1 ,ms4 ,cheney1 ,mr4 ,david ,p4 
,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,loudermilk1   
and ,mr4 ,hudson7 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 ensure that absent      
uniformed services voters serving at    
diplomatic and consular posts of the    
,united ,states are able to receive and 
transmit balloting materials in the same

 manner and with the same rights and    
protections as other absent uniformed   
services voters under such ,act1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,counting ,all
 ,military ,votes ,act4  #b4 ,ability of
 absent uniformed services voters       
serving at diplomatic and consular posts
 to receive and transmit balloting      
materials  7a7 ,ensuring ability  7#a7  
,in general ,section #aja7;b7 of the    
,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens      
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcja7;b77 is amended--  7,a7 by       
striking and at the end of paragraph    
7#aj72  7,b7 by striking the period at  
the end of paragraph 7#aa7 and inserting
 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#ab7 take
 such actions as may be necessary to    
ensure that an absent uniformed services
 voter who is absent from the ,united   
,states by reason of active duty or     
service at a diplomatic and consular    
post of the ,united ,states is able to  

receive and transmit balloting materials
 in the same manner and with the same   
rights and protections as an absent     
uniformed services voter who is absent  
from the ,united ,states by reason of   
active duty or service at a military    
installation4  4  7#b7 ,effective date  
,the amendment made by paragraph 7#a7   
shall apply with respect to elections   
held on or after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4  7b7            
,clarification of treatment as absent   
uniformed services voters ,section      
#ajg7a77;,a7 of such ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bjcaj7a77;,a77 is amended by striking 
active duty and inserting active duty   
7including active duty or service at a  
diplomatic and consular post of the     
,united ,states74