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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4872" measure-id="id113hr4872" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-06-17" update-date="2014-07-24">
<title>Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-06-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Ending Special Mail Privileges for Congress Act of 2014 - Amends federal postal law to repeal franking privileges for mail transmitted by Members of Congress and congressional officials. Requires the mail to be transmitted as congressional mail.</p> <p>Replaces requirements and procedures for the use of franked mail with those for congressional mail.</p> <p>Repeals franked mailing privileges for survivors of Members of Congress.</p> <p>Requires a former President and his or her surviving spouse to send nonpolitical mail within the United States and its territories and possessions as congressional mail instead of franked mail.</p>]]></summary-text>
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