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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 355
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent certain mass mailings
from being sent as franked mail, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. JACOBS, and Mr. CANADY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
and Oversight and, in addition, to the Committee on House Oversight for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent certain
mass mailings from being sent as franked mail, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MASS MAILINGS NOT MAILABLE AS FRANKED
MAIL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6)(A) of section
3210(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(6)(A) It is the intent of Congress that a Member
of, or Member-elect to, Congress may not mail any mass
mailing as franked mail.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) TITLE 39, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section
3210 of title 39, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(3)—
(i) in subparagraph (G) by striking ‘‘,
including general mass mailings,’’; and
(ii) in subparagraphs (I) and (J) by
striking ‘‘or other general mass mailing’’
and inserting ‘‘or other mailing’’;
(B) in subsection (a)(6) by repealing sub-
paragraphs (B), (C), and (F), and the second
sentence of subparagraph (D);
(C) by repealing paragraph (7) of sub-
section (a); and
(D) by repealing subsection (f).
(2) LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 1990.—Section 316 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1990 (39 U.S.C. 3210 note) is
repealed.
(3) LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 1991.—Subsection (f) of section 311 of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public
Law 101–520; 104 Stat. 2280) is repealed.
(4) LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH
APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 1995.—Sections 5 and 6 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-
283; 108 Stat. 1427) are repealed.
SEC. 2. RETURN OF EXCESS AMOUNTS FROM OFFICIAL AL-
LOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE TREASURY FOR
DEFICIT REDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other law, or
any rule or other authority, any amount remaining in an
official allowance of a Member of the House of Represent-
atives at the end of the session of Congress or other period
for which the allowance is made available shall be returned
to the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
and
(2) the term ‘‘official allowance’’ means, with
respect to a Member of the House of Representa-
tives, the Official Mail Allowance.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect at the beginning of, and shall apply with re-
spect to sessions of Congress beginning with, the first reg-
ular session of Congress beginning after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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