US Congress Senate Bill 1231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on May 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

HB2669 (Related) 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1231/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1231/BILLS-115s1231is.pdf