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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 1631 (Introduced in House) — To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that any absentee ballot may be mailed free of postage, and for oth... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Use by States of requirements payments under Help America Vote Act of 2002 to reimburse Postal Service

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Section 251(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking as provided in paragraphs
(2)and
(3)and inserting as otherwise provided in this subsection ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: A State shall use a requirements payment to reimburse the United States Postal Service for the revenue which the Postal Service would have obtained as the result of the mailing of absentee ballots in the State but for section 3407 of title 39, United States Code. . The amendment made by subsection
(a)shall apply with respect to the requirements payments made to a State under part 1 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ( 52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.)— for fiscal year 2019 or any previous fiscal year, but only to the extent that any such payment remains unobligated or unexpended by the State as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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