Sec. 191501. Mitigation plan to assist Federal voters overseas impacted by COVID–19
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to mitigate the effects of limited or curtailed diplomatic pouch capacities or other operations constraints at United States diplomatic and consular posts, due to coronavirus, on overseas voters (as such term is defined in section 107(5) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act ( 52 U.S.C. 20310(5) )) seeking to return absentee ballots and other balloting materials under such Act with respect to elections for Federal office held in 2020.
Such plan shall include steps to— restore or augment diplomatic pouch capacities; facilitate using the Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, the United States mails, or private couriers, if available; mitigate other operations constraints affecting eligible overseas voters; and develop specific outreach plans to educate eligible overseas voters about accessing all available forms of voter assistance prior to the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office.
Not later than 90 days before the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2020, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of efforts to carry out the plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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Mitigation plan to assist Federal voters overseas impacted by COVID–19
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