Teacher:In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Section 1. (a) This section shall apply to mailings by Senators,
Senators-elect, and offices of the Senate made during fiscal year 1994
and each fiscal year thereafter in addition to any other law relating
to the use of the franking privilege.
(b) For the purposes of this paragraph--
(1) the term ''mass mailing''--
(A) means, with respect to a session of Congress, a
mailing of five hundred or more newsletters or other
pieces of mail with substantially identical content
(whether such mail is deposited singly or in bulk, or
at the same time or different times), but
(B) does not include a mailing--
(i) of matter in direct response to
communication from a person to whom the matter
is mailed (to the extent of two such mailings)
that--
(I) is the case of an initial
response, is mailed at any time; or
(II) in the case of a followup
response, is mailed not later than one
hundred and eighty days after the date
of receipt of the communication;
(ii) to other members of Congress or to a
Federal, State, or local government official;
(iii) of a news release to the
communications media;
(iv) of a town meeting or mobile office
notice; or
(v) of a Federal publication or other item
that is provided by the Senate to all Senators
or made available by the Senate for purchase by
all Senators from official funds specifically
for distribution.
(c) A Senator, Senator-elect, or office of the Senate may not mail
a mass mailing under the frank.
(d) As soon as practicable after the close of each quarter of a
fiscal year, the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate shall cause to be printed in the Congressional Record--
(1) the dollar amount of the allocation of official mail
costs made to each Senator, Senator-elect, and office of the
Senate for the fiscal year;
(2) the dollar amount of official mail costs that were
incurred by each Senator, Senator-elect, and Senate office
during that quarter; and
(3) the balance of the allocation for official mailing
costs that remain available to each Senator, Senator-elect, and
Senate office.
(e)(1) In connection with their fiscal 1995 budget presentations to
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Secretary of the
Senate and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall
submit a report that describes--
(A) the best available and most recent information relating
to the amount of expenditures made from each Senate office
account for official mail activities during fiscal year 1994 as
of the date of the budget presentation;
(B) the best available and most recent information relating
to the amount of expenditures made from each Senate office
account for official mail activities during fiscal year 1993 as
of the date that is one year earlier than the date referred to
in subparagraph (A); and
(C) the amount of any difference between the amounts
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) that is attributable to
the operation of subsection (c).
(2) As used in this subsection, the term ''official mail
activities'' includes the cost of producing, processing, and mailing of
official mail.
(f)(1) On and after the date of enactment of this Act and during
fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter, no member, officer,
or employee of the Senate may use any appropriated funds or any
equipment or other resources that are paid for with appropriated funds
for the purpose of procuring, gaining access to, or using a mailing
list of any kind (including a voter registration list) that is produced
by any public or private entity except a mailing list described in
paragraph (2).
(2)(A) A mailing list is described in this paragraph if it is--
(i) a postal patron list or update as provided by the
United States Postal Service to be used for town meeting and
mobile office notices;
(ii) a list of members of the communications media;
(iii) a list of Federal, State, or local government
officials; or
(iv) a list of fewer than five hundred persons identifiable
as having an interest in a legislative topic that is different
from any legislative topic identified as a subject of interest
of persons named in any list previously procured, accessed, or
used by a person (or by another member of the office of which
the person so procuring, accessing, or using is a member) and
used for the purpose of making a mailing with official funds
during a fiscal year.
(B) For the purpose of subparagraph (A)(iv), a legislative topic
may be considered to be different from another legislative topic only
if any mailing for which it is intended to be used (and for which it is
in fact used) has a content that is not substantially identical (within
the meaning of subsection (b)(1)(A)) to the content of any other
mailing made by the office previously during the fiscal year.
Student:
Prohibits the use of franked mass mailings by Senators, Senators-elect, and Senate offices beginning in FY 1994.
Requires the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration to have printed in the Congressional Record: (1) the dollar amount of the allocation of official mail costs made to each Senator, Senator-elect, and Senate office for the fiscal year; (2) the quarterly costs that were incurred by them; and (3) the balance of such allocations that remain available to each individual and office.
Requires the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Doorkeeper of the Senate, in connection with their FY 1995 budget presentations, to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations describing: (1) the best available and most recent information relating to the amount of expenditures made from each Senate office account for official mail activities during FY 1994 and 1993; and (2) the amount of any difference between the two fiscal years for such expenditures attributed to franked mass mailings.
Prohibits a member, officer, or employee of the Senate from using any appropriated funds, equipment, or other resources paid for with appropriated funds for procuring, gaining access to, or using a mailing list of any kind (including a voter registration list) that is produced by any public or private entity except a mailing list of: (1) postal patrons; (2) members of the communications media; (3) Federal, State, or local government officials; or (4) fewer than 500 persons identified as having an interest in a legislative topic that is different from a topic in any list previously used for a mass mailing.