Vote by Mail Tracking Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7265 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7265 To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail-in ballots to use the Postal Service barcode service, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2026 Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Min, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Craig, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Sykes, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Simon, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Frost, Mr. Subramanyam, and Mr. Latimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail-in ballots to use the Postal Service barcode service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Vote by Mail Tracking Act''. SEC. 2. MAIL-IN BALLOTS AND POSTAL SERVICE BARCODE SERVICE. (a) In General.--Title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 30 the following new chapter: ``CHAPTER 31--ELECTION MAIL ``Sec. ``3101. Trackable election mail. ``Sec. 3101. Trackable election mail ``(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-- ``(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 ba