3.0.0 5151 2023-01-11T13:16:04Z 2023-01-11T13:16:04Z House H HR 2010-04-27 111 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2010-04-27T14:30:49Z 2010-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2010-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 N C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2010-05-26 False Congress Appropriations Congressional oversight House of Representatives Members of Congress Postal service Congress 00 2010-04-27 Introduced in House 2010-06-09T21:38:43Z Congressional Oversight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010 - Prohibits the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY2011 for the Members' Representational Allowance under the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act from exceeding the appropriated amount for FY2009.

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to prohibit the use of funds of the House of Representatives for official mail of a Member of the House for any material other than a document transmitted under the official letterhead used for the Member's stationery.

Requires quarterly reports by the Chief Administrative Officer of receipts and expenditures for official mail of the House to include, in the required statement of costs incurred for official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank, a breakdown of the costs incurred for each category of mass mailings and communications covered by the statement.

]]> Congressional Oversight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010 Display Title Congressional Oversight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To limit the amount which may be made available for the Members' Representational Allowance for fiscal year 2011, to prohibit the use of such Allowance for expenses of official mail of any material other than a document transmitted under the official letterhead of the Member involved, and to require the quarterly statement of costs incurred for official mail by offices of the House of Representatives to provide a separate breakdown of the costs incurred for each method of mass communication covered by the statement. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Congressional Oversight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5151ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5151ih.xml 2010-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.