3.0.0 1231 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z Senate S 2017-05-25 115 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-25T15:27:18Z Vote By Mail Act of 2017 115 2669 HR 2017-05-25 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2017-05-25 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-05-25 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-05-25 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-05-25 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-05-25 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-05-25 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-05-25 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-05-25 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-05-25 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-05-25 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-05-25 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-05-25 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-05-25 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-05-25 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2017-05-25 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-05-25 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-05-25 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-05-25 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-05-25 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-05-25 True Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Licensing and registrations Motor vehicles Postal service State and local government operations Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-04T21:52:30Z Vote by Mail Act of 2017

This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states to allow voting in federal elections to be by mail without additional conditions or requirements, except a deadline for returning the ballot.

States must mail ballots to individuals registered to vote in a federal election not later than two weeks before the election. The U.S. Postal Service must carry ballots mailed by a state expeditiously and free of postage.

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is amended to authorize automatic voter registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities.

]]> Vote By Mail Act of 2017 Display Title Vote By Mail Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections, to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for automatic voter registration. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Vote By Mail Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1231is/xml/BILLS-115s1231is.xml 2017-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.