HRES 608 · 108th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense should rectify deficiencies in the military postal system to ensure that members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas are able to receive and send mail in a timely manner as well as receive and send election ballots in time to be counted in the 2004 elections.

Introduced 2004-04-28· Sponsored by Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.(2004-05-12)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2004-05-12
Roll #160
Yea 421Nay 0
Democrats
199 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
221 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2004-05-12
Roll #160
Yea 421Nay 0
Democrats
199 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
221 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives (House) that: (1) it is in the interests of the United States to immediately resolve long-standing military mail delivery problems so that our troops can receive mail from home and are not disenfranchised in the 2004 election; (2) the Secretary of Defense should establish a system that expedites the delivery of election ballots to members and accurately tracks military postal transit times; and (3) the House stands ready to assist in resolving these issues.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (20)

1 Democrat19 Republicans