3.0.0 4476 2025-05-27T14:13:08Z 2025-05-27T14:13:08Z House H HR 2023-07-06 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 116 (Thursday, July 6, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. CHAVEZ-DeREMER:H.R. 4476.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 7; Article I, Section 4,Clause 1The single subject of this legislation is:To amend title 39, United States Code, to establishstandards for the processing and delivery of election mail,and for other purposes[Page H3172]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:05:20Z hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-07-06T16:05:15Z 118 4494 HR 2023-07-06 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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 118 4553 HR 2023-07-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2023-07-06 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2023-07-06 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2023-07-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-07-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001135 Rep. Chavez-DeRemer, Lori [R-OR-5] Lori Chavez-DeRemer R OR 5 N Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2023-09-01T18:45:22Z

00 2023-07-06 Introduced in House 2024-06-24T16:46:38Z <p><strong>Election Integrity Mail Reform Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill establishes certain requirements related to election mail. <em>Election mail</em> means any item mailed to or from an individual for purposes of the individual’s participation in an election for public office, including balloting materials, voter registration cards, absentee ballot applications, polling place notifications, and photographic voter identification materials.</p><p>Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to give priority to the processing and delivery of election mail. The USPS must (1) deliver any election mail regardless of the amount of postage paid, (2) process and clear election mail from any postal facility each day (to the greatest extent practicable), and (3) expeditiously carry and deliver election mail.</p><p>Additionally, the bill directs the USPS to place a marking or notice on election mail to indicate that the piece of mail is election mail.</p><p>The bill allows a national, state, or local committee of a political party that is eligible to mail at the nonprofit rate to conduct a cooperative mailing at that nonprofit rate with a candidate, a candidate’s committee, or another committee of a political party. The national, state, or local committee of a political party may seek reimbursement for the costs of such mailing.</p><p>The bill also imposes certain criminal penalties for (1) forging or counterfeiting any postmarking stamp or impression thereof with respect to a mailed ballot for a federal, state, or local election; or (2) falsifying the date on which a postmark is applied to a mailed ballot.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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