H.R. 5658 — what changed

changed “(p) Any ballot sent within the United States for an election for Federal office is nonmailable and shall not be carried or delivered by mail unless the ballot is mailed in an envelope that—“31 Election Mail

changed “(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or successive service or marking) that enables tracking of each individual ballot;“3101. Trackable election mail

added “(a) In general—No entity of government shall furnish a ballot envelope for the purpose of being carried or delivered by mail unless such envelope—

added “(1) contains a Postal Service barcode (or successive service or marking) that enables tracking of each individual ballot consistent with parameters that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation;

“(2) satisfies requirements for ballot envelope design that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation;

“(3) satisfies requirements for machineable letters that the Postal Service may promulgate by regulation; and

added “(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo (or any successor label that the Postal Service may establish for ballots).

added “(b) Application—Subsection (a) does not apply to a Federal write-in absentee ballot under section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20303).

added “(c) Information—Not later than June 1 of each calendar year, the Postmaster General shall provide, to the entities described in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (a), the information necessary to comply with the requirements of this subsection, including how to access Postal Service tools to assist in generating the barcode or successive marking required by subsection (a)(1).”

removed “(4) includes the Official Election Mail Logo (or any successor label that the Postal Service may establish for ballots).”