A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the proper use of the franking privilege by Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
PL 93-191 (H.R.3180), enacted 12/18/1973

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the United States to procure the production before the said Committee 
of any information, documents, taped recordings, or other materials 
; 
relevant to the matters the Committee is authorized to investigate, and 
pray the said District Court to enter such judgment or decree in said 
civil action as may be necessary or appropriate to enforce any such 
subpoena or order. 
(c) The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activi- 
Attorney repre-
ties may be represented by such attorneys as it may designate in any 
action prosecuted by said Committee under this Act. 
[Note by the Office of the Federal Register.—The foregoing Act, having been presented 
to the President of the United States on December 5, 1973, for his approval and not having 
been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time pre-
scribed by th,e Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval 
on December 18, 1973.] 
Public Law 93-191 
A N A C T 
December 18,1973 
TH 
R 
31801 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the proper use of the franking 
'•—'-
privilege by Members of Congress, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 3210 
Members o
f 
of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
conlllllionai 
"§ 3210. Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members °^Franklng privi-
of Congress, and congressional officials 
lege, ciarifica-
"(a) (1) It is the policy of the Congress that the privilege of send- 
84 stat. 754; 
ing mail as franked mail shall be established under this section in order ^^ s*^*- * ^2. 
to assist and expedite the conduct of the official business, activities, and 
duties of the Congress of the United States. 
"(2) It is the intent of the Congress that such official business, 
activities, and duties cover all matters which directly or indirectly per-
tain to the legislative process or to any congressional representative 
functions generally, or to the functioning, working, or operating of the 
Congress and the performance of official duties in connection there-
with, and shall include, but not be limited to, the conveying of informa-
tion to the public, and the requesting of the views of the public, or the 
views and information of other authority of government, as a guide or 
a means of assistance in the performance of those functions. 
"(3) It is tlie intent of the Congress tliat mail matter which is 
frankable specifically includes, but is not limited to— 
"(A) mail matter to any person and to all agencies and officials 
of Federal, State, and local governments regarding programs, 
decisions, and other related matters of public concern or public 
service, including any matter relating to actions of a past or 
current Congress; 
"(B) the usual and customary congressional newsletter or press 
release which may deal with such matters as the impact of laws 
and decisions on State and local governments and individual 
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citizens; reports on public and official actions taken by Members 
of Congress; and discussions of proposed or pending legislation 
or governmental actions and the positions of the Members of 
Congress on, and arguments for or against, such matters; 
"(C) the usual and customary congressional questionnaire 
seeking public opinion on any law, pending or proposed legisla-
tion, public issue, or subject; 
"(D) mail matter dispatched by a Member of Congress between 
his Washington office and any congressional district offices, or 
between his district offices; 
"(E) mail matter directed by one Member of Congress to 
another Member of Congress or to representatives of the legis-
lative bodies of State and local governments; 
"(F) mail matter expressing condolences to a person who has 
suffered a loss or congratulations to a person who has achieved 
some personal or public distinction; 
"(G) mail matter, including general mass mailings, which 
consists of Federal laws, Federal regulations, other Federal 
publications, publications purchased with Federal funds, or 
publications containing items of general information; 
"(H) mail matter which consists of voter registration or elec-
tion information or assistance prepared and mailed in a non-
partisan manner; 
"(I) mail matter which constitutes or includes a biography or 
autobiography of any Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress or 
any biographical or autobiographical material concerning such 
Member or Member-elect or the spouse or other members of the 
family of such Member or Member-elect, and which is so mailed 
as a part of a Federal publication or in response to a specific 
request therefor and is not included for publicity purposes in a 
newsletter or other general mass mailing of the Member or Mem-
ber-elect under the franking privilege; or 
"(J) mail matter which contains a picture, sketch, or other 
likeness of any Member or Member-elect and which is so mailed 
as a part of a Federal publication or in response to a specific 
request therefor and, when contained in a newsletter or other 
general mass mailing of any Member or Member-elect, is not of 
such size, or does not occur with such frequency in the mail matter 
concerned, as to lead to the conclusion that the purpose of such 
picture, sketch, or likeness is to advertise the Member or Member-
elect rather than to illustrate accompanying text. 
"(4) It is the intent of the Congress that the franking privilege 
under this section shall not permit, and may not be used for, the 
transmission through the mails as franked mail, of matter which in its 
nature is purely personal to the sender or to any other person and is 
unrelated to the official business, activities, and duties of the public 
officials covered by subsection (b) (1) of this section. 
Restrictions. 
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"(5) It is the intent of the Congress that a Member of or Member-
elect to Congress may not mail as franked mail— 
"(A) mail matter which constitutes or includes any article, 
account, sketch, narration, or other text laudatory and compli-
mentary of any Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress on a 
purely personal or political basis rather than on the basis of 
performance of official duties as a Member or on the basis of activi-
ties as a Member-elect; 
"(B) mail matter which constitutes or includes— 
"(i) greetings from the spouse or other members of the 
family of such Member or Member-elect; 
" (ii) reports of how or when such Member or Member-elect, 
or the spouse or any other member of the family of such 
Member or Member-elect, spends time other than in the per-
formance of, or in connection with, the legislative, represent-
ative, and other official functions of such Member or the 
activities of such Member-elect as a Member-elect; or 
"(iii) any card expressing holiday greetings from such 
Member or Member-elect; 
"(C) mail matter which specifically solicits political support 
for the sender or any other person or any political party, or a vote 
or financial assistance for any candidate for any public office; or 
"(D) any mass mailing when the same is mailed at or delivered 
v 
to any postal facility less than 28 days immediately before the 
date of any primary or general election (whether regular, special, 
or runoff) in which such Member or Member-elect is a candidate 
for public office. For the purpose of this clause (D), the term 
"M«-« ""filing-" 
'mass mailing' shall mean newsletters and similar mailings of 
more than 500 pieces in which the content of the matter mailed 
is substantially identical but shall not apply to mailings— 
"(i) which are in direct response to inquiries or requests 
from the persons to whom the matter is mailed; 
"(ii) to colleagues in Congress or to government officials 
(whether Federal, State, or local); or 
"(iii) of news releases to the communications media. 
The House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards and the 
Select Committee on Standards and Conduct of the Senate shall 
prescribe for their respective Houses such rules and regulations and 
shall take such other action, as the Commission or Committee considers 
necessary and proper for the Members and Members-elect to conform to 
the provisions of this clause and applicable rules and regulations. Such 
rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions 
prescribing the time within which such mailings shall be mailed at or 
delivered to any postal facility to attain compliance with this clause 
and the time when such mailings shall be deemed to have been so mailed 
or delivered and such compliance attained. 
"(b) (1) The Vice President, each Member of or Member-elect to 
Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the 
Rules and 
regulations. 
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Senate, and each of the elected officers of the House of Representatives 
(other than a Member of the House), until the 1st day of April follow-
ing the expiration of their respective terms of office, and the Legisla-
tive Counsels of the House of Representatives and the Senate, may 
send, as franked mail, matter relating to their official business, activi-
ties, and duties, as intended by Congi-ess to be mailable as franked mail 
under subsection (a) (2) and (3) of this section. 
Vacancies. 
" (2) If a vacaucy occurs in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, an elected officer of the House of 
Representatives (other than a Member of the House), or the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the House of Representatives or the Senate, any author-
ized person may exercise the franking privilege in the officer's name 
during the period of the vacancy. 
"(c) Franked mail may be in any form appropriate for mail mat-
ter, including, but not limited to, correspondence, newsletters, ques-
tionnaires, recordings, facsimiles, reprints, and reproductions. Franked 
mail shall not include matter which is intended by Congress to be 
nonmailable as franked mail under subsection (a) (4) and (5) of this 
section. 
"(d) (1) A Member of the House may mail franked mail with a 
simplified form of address for delivery— 
"(A) within that area constituting the congressional district 
from which he was elected; and 
"(B) on and after the date on which the proposed redistricting 
of congressional districts in his State by legislative or judicial 
proceedings is initially completed (whether or not the redistrict-
ing is actually in effect), within any additional area of each con-
gressional district proposed or established in such redistricting 
and containing all or part of the area constituting the congres-
sional district from which he was elected, unless and until the 
congressional district so proposed or established is changed by 
legislative or judicial proceedings. 
"(2) A Member-elect to the House of Representatives may mail 
franked mail with a simplified form of address for delivery within that 
area constituting the congressional district from which he was elected. 
"(3) A Delegate, Delegate-elect, Resident Commissioner, or Resi-
dent Commissioner-elect to the House of Representatives may mail 
franked mail with a simplified form of address for delivery within the 
area from which he was elected. 
" (4) Franked mail mailed with a simplified form of address under 
this subsection— 
" (A) shall be prepared as directed by the Postal Service; and 
"(B) may be delivered to— 
"(i) each box holder or family on a rural or star route; 
" (ii) each post office box holder; and 
"(iii) each stop or box on a city carrier route. 
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"(5) For the purposes of this subsection, a congressional district 
includes, in the case of a Representative at Large or Representative at 
Large-elect, the State from which he was elected. 
"(e) The f 
rankability of mail matter shall be determined under the 
provisions of this section by the type and content of the mail sent, or to 
be sent. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of pre-
paring or printing mail matter which is f 
rankable under this section 
may be paid from any funds, including, but not limited to, funds col-
lected by a candidate or a political committee required to file reports of 
receipts and expenditures under the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (Public Law 92-225), or from voluntary newsletter funds, or 
from similar funds administered and controlled by a Member or by a 
committee organized to administer such funds. 
"(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or 
local law, or any regulation thereunder, the equivalent amount of 
postage determined under section 3216 of this title on franked mail 
mailed under the frank of the Vice President or a Member of Congress, 
and the cost of preparing or printing such frankable matter for such 
mailing under the frank, shall not be considered as a contribution to, 
or an expenditure by, the Vice President or a Member of Congress 
for the j)urpose of determining any limitation on expenditures or 
contributions with respect to any such official, imposed by any Federal, 
State, or local law or regulation, in connection with any campaign 
of such official for election to any Federal office.". 
(b) The table of sections of chapter 32 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"3210. Official correspondence of Vice President and Members of Congress." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"3210. Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, 
and congressional officials.". 
SEC. 2. Section 3211 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the 
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, until the thirtieth 
day of June" and inserting in lieu thereof "each of the elected officers 
of the House of Representatives (other than a Member of the House) 
until the first day of April". 
SEC. 3. Section 3212 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§3212. Congressional 
Record under frank 
of 
Members of 
Congress 
"(a) Members of Congress may send the Congressional Record as 
franked mail. 
"(b) Members of Congress may send, as franked mail, any part of, 
or a reprint of any part of, the Congressional Record, including 
speeches or reports contained therein, if such matter is mailable as 
franked mail under section 3210 of this title.". 
CongresBlonal 
district. 
86 Stat. 3. 
2 u s e 431 note. 
Post, p. 745. 
84 Stat. 754. 
Ante, p. 737. 
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84 Stat. 754. 
House Com-
mission on Con-
gressional Mail-
ing Standards. 
Establishment; 
membership. 
Quorum. 
Ante, 
p. 737; 
84 Stat. 754; 
85 Stat. 132. 
Violations. 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 3214. Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse 
of former President 
"A former President and the surviving spouse of a former President 
may send nonpolitical mail within the United States and its territories 
and possessions as franked mail. Such mail of a former President and 
of the surviving spouse of a former President marked 'Postage and 
Fees Paid' in the manner prescribed by the Postal Service shall be 
accepted by the Postal Service for transmission in the international 
mails.". 
(b) The table of sections of chapter 32 of title 39, LTnited States 
Code, is amended by striking out— 
"3214. Mailing privilege of former Presidents." 
and inserting in lieu thereof— 
"3214. Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former 
President.". 
SEC. 5. (a) There is established a special commission of the House 
of Representatives, designated the "House Commission on Congres-
sional Mailing Standards" (herein referred to as the "Commission"). 
(b) The Commission shall be composed of six Members appointed 
by the Speaker of the House, three from the majority political party, 
and three from the minority political party, in the House. The Speaker 
shall designate as Chairman of the Commission, from among the mem-
bers of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House, 
one of the Members appointed to the Commission. A vacancy in the 
membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner 
as the original appointment. Four members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum to do business. 
(c) In performing its duties and functions, the Commission may use 
such personnel, office space, equipment, and facilities of, and obtain 
such other assistance from, the Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service of the House, as such committee shall make available to the 
Commission. Such personnel and assistance shall include, in all cases, 
the services and assistance of the chief counsel or otliei- head of the pro-
fessional staff (by whatever title designated) of such committee. All 
assistance so furnished to the Commission by the Committee on Post 
Office and Civil Service shall be sufficient to enable the Commission 
to perform its duties and functions efficiently and effectively. 
(d) The Commission shall provide guidance, assistance, advice, and 
counsel, through advisory opinions or consultations, in connection with 
the mailing or contemplated mailing of franked mail under section 
3210, 3211, 3212, 3213(2), or 3218, and in connection with the opera-
tion of section 3215, of title 39, United States Code, upon the request 
of any Member of the House or Member-elect, Resident Commissioner 
or Resident Commissioner-elect, Delegate or Delegate-elect, sui-viving 
spouse of any of the foregoing, or other House official, entitled to send 
mail as franked mail under any of those sections. The Commission shall 
prescribe regulations governing the proper use of the franking privi-
lege under those sections by such persons. 
(e) Any complaint by any person that a violation of any section of 
title 39, United States Code, referred to in subsection (d) of this section 
is about to occur, or has occurred within the immediately preceding 
period of one year, by any person referred to in such subsection (d), 
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shall contain pertinent factual material and shall conform to regula-
tions j)rescribed by the Commission. The Commission, if it determines 
investigation. 
there is reasonable justification for the complaint, shall conduct an 
investigation of the matter, including an investigation of reports and 
statements filed by the complainant with respect to the matter which 
is the subject of the complaint. The Commission shall afford to the 
Notification. 
person who is the subject of the complaint due notice and, if it deter-
mines that there is substantial reason to believe that such violation has 
occurred or is about to occur, opportunity for all parties to participate 
in a hearing before the Commission. The Commission shall issue a 
written decision on each complaint under this subsection not later than 
thirty days after such a complaint has been filed or, if a hearing is held, 
not later than thirty days after the conclusion of such hearing. Such 
decision shall be based on written findings of fact in the case by the 
Commission. Such findings of fact by the Commission on which its 
decision is based are binding and conclusive for all judicial and 
administrative purposes, including purposes of any judicial challenge 
or review. Any judicial review of such decision, if ordered on any 
ground, shall be limited to matters of law. If the Commission finds in 
its written decision, that a serious and willful violation has occurred 
or is about to occur, it may refer such decision to the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives for 
appropriate action and enforcement by the committee concerned in 
accordance with applicable rules and precedents of the House and such 
other standards as may be prescribed by such committee. Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, no court or administrative body in the 
United States or in any territory thereof shall have jurisdiction to 
entertain any civil action of any character concerning or related to a 
violation of the franking laws or an abuse of the franking privilege by 
any person listed under subsection (d) of this section as entitled to 
send mail as franked mail, except judicial review of the decisions of the 
Commission under this subsection. The Commission shall prescribe 
Regulations. 
regulations for the holding of investigations and hearings, the conduct 
of proceedings, and the rendering of decisions under this subsection 
providing for equitable procedures and the protection of individual, 
public, and Government interests. The regulations shall, insofar as 
practicable, contain the substance of the administrative procedure pro-
visions of sections 551-559, and 701-706, of title 5, United States Code, gi^stf 
J? M^^^ ' 
These regulations shall govern matters under this subsection subject to ss stat! 132. 
judicial review thereof. 
(f) The Commission may sit and act at such places and times 
during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Congress, 
require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses 
and the production of such books, papers, and documents, administer 
such oaths and affirmations, take such testimony, procure such printing 
and binding, and make such expenditures, as the Commission considers 
advisable. The Commission may make such rules respecting its orga-
nization and procedures as it considers necessary, except that no 
action shall be taken by the Commission unless a majority of the 
Commission assent. Subjienas may be issued over the signature of the 
Chairman of the Commission or of any member designated by him 
or by the Commission, and may be served by such person or persons 
as may be designated by such Cliairman or member. The Chairman 
of the Commission or any member thereof may administer oaths or 
affirmations to witnesses. 
(g) The Commission shall keep a complete record of all its actions, 
Recordkeeping, 
including a record of the vot«s on any question on which a record vote 
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Ante, p. 737; 
84 Stat. 754; 
85 Stat. 132. 
Complaints. 
Investigation. 
Notification. 
Regulations. 
80 Stat. 381; 
81 Stat. 54; 
85 Stat. 132. 
Recordkeeping. 
is demanded. All records, data, and files of the Commission shall be 
the property of the Commission and shall be kept in the offices of the 
Commission or such other places as the Commission may direct. 
SEC. 6. (a) The Select Committee on Standards and Conduct of the 
Senate shall provide guidance, assistance, advice and counsel, through 
advisory opinions or consultations, in connection with the mailing or 
contemplated mailing of franked mail under section 3210, 3211, 3212, 
3213(2) or 3218, and in connection with the operation of section 3215, 
of title 39, United States Code, upon the request of any Member of the 
Senate or Member-elect, surviving spouse of any of the foregoing, or 
other Senate official, entitled to send mail as franked mail under any 
of those sections. The select committee shall prescribe regulations 
governing the proper use of the franking privilege under those sections 
by such persons. 
(b) Any complaint filed by any person with the select committee 
that a violation of any section of title 39, United States Code, referred 
to in subsection (a) of this section is about to occur or has occurred 
within the immediately preceding period of one year, by any person 
referred to in such subsection (a), shall contain pertinent factual 
material and shall conform to regulations prescribed by the select 
committee. The select committee, if it determines there is reasonable 
justification for the complaint, Fhall conduct an investigation of the 
matter, including an investigation of reports and statements filed 
by the complainant with respect to the matter which is the subject of 
the complaint. The committee shall afford to the person who is the 
subject of the complaint due notice and, if it determines that there is 
substantial reason to believe that such violation has occurred or is about 
to occur, opportunity for all parties to participate in a hearing before 
the select committee. The select committee shall issue a written decision 
on each complaint under this subsection not later than thirty days after 
such a complaint has been filed or, if a hearing is held, not later than 
thirty days after the conclusion of such hearing. Such decision shall 
be based on written findings of fact in the case by the select committee. 
If the select committee finds, in its written decision, that a violation 
has occurred or is about to occur, the committee may take such action 
and enforcement as it considers appropriate in accordance with appli-
cable rules, precedents, and standing orders of the Senate, and such 
other standards as may be prescribed by such committee. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court or admin-
istrative body in the United States or in any territory thereof shall 
have jurisdiction to entertain any civil action of any character concern-
ing or related to a violation of the franking laws or an abuse of the 
franking privilege by any person listed under subsection (a) of this 
section as entitled to send mail as franked mail, until a complaint 
has been filed with the select committee and the committee has rendered 
a decision under subsection (b) of this section. 
. 
(d) The select committee shall prescribe regulations for the holding 
of investigations and hearings, the conduct of proceedings, and the 
rendering of decisions under this subsection providing for equitable 
procedures and the protection of individual, public, and Government 
interests. The regulations shall, insofar as practicable, contain the 
substance of the administrative procedure provisions of sections 551-
559 and 701-706, of title 5, TTnited States Code. These regulations 
shall govern matters under this subsection subject to judicial review 
thereof. 
(e) The select committee shall keep a complete record of all its 
actions, including a record of the votes on any question on which a 
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record vote is demanded. All records, data, and files of the select 
committee shall be the property of the Senate and shall be kejDt in the 
offices of the select committee or such other places as the committee 
may direct. 
SEC. 7. Section 3216 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§ 3216. Reimbursement for franked mailings 
"(a) The equivalent of— 
"(1) postage on, and fees and charges in connection with, mail 
matter sent through the mails— 
"(A) under the franking privilege (other than under 
section 3219 of this title), by the Vice President, Members of 
and Members-elect to Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, 
the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, each of the elected officers 
of the House of Representatives (other than a Member of 
the House), and the Legislative Counsels of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate; and 
"(B) by the surviving spouse of a Member of Congress 
under section 3218 of this title; and 
" (2) those portions of fees and charges to be paid for handling 
and delivery by the Postal Service of Mailgrams considered as 
franked mail under section 3219 of this title; 
shall be paid by a lump-sum appropriation to the legislative branch 
for that purpose and then paid to the Postal Service as postal revenue. 
Except as to Mailgrams and except as provided by sections 733 and 
907 of title 44, envelopes, wrappers, cards, or labels used to transmit 
franked mail shall bear, in the upper right-hand corner, the sender's 
signature, or a facsimile thereof, and the printed words 'Postage paid 
by Congress'. 
"(b) Postage on, and fees and charges in connection with, mail mat-
ter sent through the mails under section 3214 of this title shall be 
paid each fiscal year, out of any appropriation made for that purpose, 
to the Postal Service as postal revenue in an amount equivalent to the 
postage, fees, and charges which would otherwise be payable on, or in 
connection with, such mail matter. 
"(c) Payment under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be 
deemed payment for all matter mailed under the frank and for all fees 
and charges due the Postal Service in connection therewith. 
"(d) Money collected for matter improperly mailed under the 
franking privilege shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the 
general fund of the Treasury.", 
SEC. 8. (a) Section 733 of title 44, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "Free." and inserting in lieu thereof "Postage paid by 
Cfongress.". 
(b) Section 907 of title 44, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) the second sentence is amended by inserting immediately 
before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: 
"if such part, speeches, or reports are mailable as franked mail 
under section 3210 of title 39"; and 
(2) the third sentence is amended by striking out "Free" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Postage paid by Congress". 
SEC. 9. Section 3206 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) The Department of State shall transfer to the Postal Service 
as postal revenues out of any appropriations made to it for that purpose 
the equivalent amount of postage, as determined by the Postal Service, 
84 Stat. 754; 
85 Stat. 132. 
Post, 
p. 746. 
Infra, 
Ante, p. 742., 
82 Stat. 1253. 
82 Stat. 1259. 
Ante, p. 737. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
84 Stat. 753. 
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84 Stat. 751. 
84 Stat. 754. 
84 Stat. 755. 
39 u s e 3218. 
Ante, p. 745. 
Ante, p. 737. 
Repeal, 
43 Stat. 353. 
Effective dates. 
Separability. 
for penalty mailings under clause (1) (C) and (D) of section 3202(a) 
of this title.". 
SEC. 10. The last sentence of section 3215 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: "This section does not applj to 
any standing, select, special, or joint committee, or subcommittee 
thereof, or commission, of the Senate, House of Representatives, or 
Congress, composed of Members of Congress, or to the Democratic 
caucus or the Eepublican conference of the House of Representatives 
or of the Senate.". 
SEC. 11. Section 3218 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting "nonpolitical" immediately before "correspondence". 
SEC. 12. (a) Chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§3219. Mailgrams 
"Any Mailgram sent by the Vice President, a Member of or Member-
elect to Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of 
the Senate, an elected officer of the House of Representatives (other 
than a Member of the House), or the legislative Counsel of the House 
of Representatives or the Senate, and then delivered by the Postal 
Service, shall be considered as franked mail, subject to section 
3216(a) (2) of this title, if such Mailgram contains matter of the kind 
authorized to be sent by that official as franked mail under section 
3210 of this title.". 
(b) The table of sections of such chapter 32 is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following: 
"8219. Mailgrams.". 
SEC. 13. The last sentence of section 1303(d) of the Revenue Act of 
1918 (2 U.S.C. 277) is repealed. 
SEC. 14. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of tliis section, the 
provisions oi this Act shall become effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) The provisions of section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, 
as amended by section 4 of this Actj and the provisions of subsec-
tion (b) of section 3216 of title 39j United States Code, as amended by 
section 7 of this Act, shall take effect as of December 27,1972. 
SEC. 15. If a provision of this Act is held invalid, all valid provisions 
severable from the invalid provision remain in effect. If a provision of 
this Act is held invalid in one or more of its applications, such provi-
sion remains in effect in all valid applications severable from the 
invalid application or applications. 
Approved December 18, 1973. 
December 18, 1973 
[H. R. 8877] 
Departments of 
Labor, and 
Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare 
Appropriation 
Act, 1974. 
Public Law 93-192 
. , . . . . , . „ 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, 
and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasur;^ not other-
wise appropriated, and shall be made available for expenditure except 
that not to exceed $400,000,000, including not more than 5 per centum 
of the amount specified in any appropriation provision contained in 
this Act or any activity, program, or project within such appropria-
tion may be withheld from obligation and expenditure for the Depart-
ments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and related