US HB6494 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-08 - Referred to House Administration
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 8 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-08 - Referred to House Administration
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Postage Free Ballot Act Any absentee ballot for any election shall be carried through the mail expeditiously and free of charge. This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct a state to use a requirements payment to reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for revenue it would have obtained from the mailing of absentee ballots but for the requirement that such ballots be mailed for free.
Title
Postage Free Ballot Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-08 | House | Referred to House Administration |
| 2016-12-08 | House | Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform |
| 2016-12-08 | House | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. |
| 2016-12-08 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6494/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr6494/BILLS-114hr6494ih.pdf |
