Bill > HR8607

This bill, the U.S. Postal Service Accountability and Voting Rights Act, aims to protect and promote the ability of members of the Armed Forces and citizens to vote by mail. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Temporarily prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing any changes that would reduce service performance or impede prompt, reliable, and efficient services, such as changes to operations, service standards, post office closures or consolidations, overtime restrictions, and removal of mail sorting machines or collection boxes. 2. Requiring the USPS to reverse any recent initiatives or actions that have caused delays in mail processing or delivery. 3. Establishing a program to track and confirm the receipt of absentee ballots and voter registration application forms, and making this information available to voters. 4. Eliminating certain exemptions that allow some states to use alternative ballots and make ballots available less than 90 days before an election, thereby promoting the use of the federal write-in absentee ballot for all voters. 5. Requiring reports to Congress on changes to USPS operations and services, as well as the impact on absentee voting by military and overseas voters. 6. Providing $1 billion in funding to the USPS to carry out the provisions of the bill. The bill aims to ensure the reliable and efficient delivery of mail, particularly election-related materials, during federal elections.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8607/all-info