[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 331 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 331

To abolish the franking privilege for the House of Representatives and 
to establish a spending allowance for postage for official mail of the 
                       House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Roberts introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
  to the Committees on House Administration and Post Office and Civil 
                                Service

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                                 A BILL


 
To abolish the franking privilege for the House of Representatives and 
to establish a spending allowance for postage for official mail of the 
                       House of Representatives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ABOLITION OF THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE FOR THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    Notwithstanding title 39, United States Code, title III of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991, or any other provision of 
law, the franking privilege is abolished with respect to the House of 
Representatives.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPENDING ALLOWANCE FOR COSTS OF POSTAGE OF THE 
              HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) In General.--In lieu of the Official Mail Allowance established 
by section 311(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 
U.S.C. 59e(e)), there is established a spending allowance for postage 
for official mail of the House of Representatives. The spending 
allowance shall be available to Members, officers, and employees of the 
House of Representatives in the same manner and to the same extent as 
the Official Mail Allowance was available under such section, except 
that the spending allowance shall be used to purchase stamps and other 
postage rather than to pay for mail sent under the frank.
    (b) Metered Mail.--The Postmaster of the House of Representatives 
shall take such action as may be necessary to provide for use of 
postage meters to record the cost and volume of mail paid for from the 
spending allowance for postage.
    (c) Transfers.--All amounts that, but for the enactment of this 
Act, would have been available to pay for franked mail of the House of 
Representatives shall be transferred to the spending allowance for 
postage.

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