I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4553 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 11, 2023 Mr. Massie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to impose certain penalties for the forging or counterfeiting of any postmarking stamp or impression thereof with respect to a mailed ballot for an election for Federal, State, or local office, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting U.S. Postmark Abuse Act . 2. Postmarking stamps Section 503 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Whoever forges and inserting (a) Whoever forges ; (2) by striking or such impression thereof, and all that follows and inserting the following: or such impression thereof— (1) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; or (2) if the impression from a postmarking stamp or impression thereof forged, counterfeited, used, sold, or possessed in violation of this section is applied to a mailed ballot for an election for Federal, State, or local office, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. ; and (3) by adding at the end following new subsection: (b) Whoever, with the intent to falsify the date on which a postmark was applied, applies to a mailed ballot described in subsection (a)(2) a genuine postmark that bears a date other than the date on which such postmark was applied, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in such subsection. .