#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #efeh  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title  
#ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require  
mail-in ballots to use the ,postal      
,service barcode service1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,vote by ,mail      
,tracking ,act4  #b4 ,mail-in ballots   
and ,postal ,service barcode service    
7a7 ,in general ,title #ci1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after chapter #cj the following new     
chapter3  #ca ,election ,mail  ,sec4    
#caja4 ,trackable election mail4  #caja4
 ,trackable election mail  7a7 ,in      
general ,no entity of government shall  
furnish a ballot envelope for the       
purpose of being carried or delivered by
 mail unless such envelope-- 7#a7       
contains a ,postal ,service barcode 7or 
successive service or marking7 that     
enables tracking of each individual     
ballot consistent with parameters that  
the ,postal ,service may promulgate by  
regulation2  7#b7 satisfies requirements

 for ballot envelope design that the    
,postal ,service may promulgate by      
regulation2  7#c7 satisfies requirements
 for machineable letters that the       
,postal ,service may promulgate by      
regulation2 and  7#d7 includes the      
,official ,election ,mail ,logo 7or any 
successor label that the ,postal        
,service may establish for ballots74    
7b7 ,application ,subsection 7a7 does   
not apply to a ,federal write-in        
absentee ballot under section #ajc of   
the ,uniformed and ,overseas ,citizens  
,absentee ,voting ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjcjc74  7c7 ,information ,not later   
than ,june #a of each calendar year1 the
 ,postmaster ,general shall provide1 to 
the entities described in the matter    
preceding paragraph 7#a7 of subsection  
7a71 the information necessary to comply
 with the requirements of this          
subsection1 including how to access     
,postal ,service tools to assist in     
generating the barcode or successive    
marking required by subsection 7a77#a74 

4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of
 chapters for part ,,iv of title #ci1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding after the item relating to       
chapter #cj the following3              
#ca4;,election ,mail#caja  4  7c7       
,application ,the amendment made by     
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any       
election for ,federal office occurring  
in #bjbf and any succeeding year4       
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,november #ah1 #bjbd4;,clerk4