Contents
- (a) Congressional committee regulations for expenditure of appropriations for official mail4 changes
- (b) Postmaster General functions2 changes
- (c) Source of funds for expenses of official mail
- (d) Maintenance or use of unofficial office accounts or defrayal of official expenses from certain funds prohibited2 changes
- (e) Official Mail Allowance in House of Representatives12 changes
- (f) Mass mailing; submission of samples or description of proposed mail matter; advisory opinion1 change
- (g) “Member of the House of Representatives” and “person entitled to use the congressional frank” defined1 change
- (h) Omitted
- (i) Effective date1 change
(e)
(1)The use of funds of the House of Representatives which are made available for official mail of Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives who are persons entitled to use the congressional frank shall be governed by regulations promulgated—
(A)by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, with respect to allocation and expenditures relating to official mail (except as provided in subparagraph (B)); and
(B)by the House Communications Standards Commission, with respect to matters under section 3210(a)(6)(D) of title 39.
(2)Funds used for official mail—
(A)with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, shall be available, in a session of Congress, in a total amount, as determined under paragraph (1)(A), of not more than the product of (i) 3 times the single-piece rate applicable to first class mail, and (ii) the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the congressional district, as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39; and
(B)with respect to any other person entitled to use the congressional frank in the House of Representatives (including any Member of the House of Representatives who receives an allocation under subsection (a)(2) with respect to duties as an elected officer of, or holder of another position in, the House of Representatives), shall be available, in a session of Congress, in a total amount determined under paragraph (1)(A).
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