,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ba1      
#bjbc,ms4 ,porter 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,mace1 ,mr4 ,mfume1 ,mr4 ,donalds1 ,mr4 
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4      
,norton1 and ,mr4 ,ciscomani7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,accountability  ,a ,,bill  ,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 ,section #cjja 
of title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7p7 ,any ballot sent within 
the ,united ,states for an election for 
,federal office is nonmailable and shall
 not be carried or delivered by mail    
unless the ballot is mailed in an       

envelope that-- 7#a7 contains a ,postal 
,service barcode 7or successive service 
or marking7 that enables tracking of    
each individual ballot2  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  4 
7b7 ,application ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any       
election for ,federal office occurring  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4