[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 355 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 355

To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent certain mass mailings 
        from being sent as franked mail, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Portman (for himself, Mr. Jacobs, and Mr. Canady) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
   Reform and Oversight and, in addition, to the Committee on House 
Oversight for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent certain mass mailings 
        from being sent as franked mail, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. MASS MAILINGS NOT MAILABLE AS FRANKED MAIL.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (6)(A) of section 3210(a) of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(6)(A) It is the intent of Congress that a Member of, or Member-
elect to, Congress may not mail any mass mailing as franked mail.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Title 39, united states code.--Section 3210 of title 
        39, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (G) by striking ``, 
                        including general mass mailings,''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraphs (I) and (J) by 
                        striking ``or other general mass mailing'' and 
                        inserting ``or other mailing'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)(6) by repealing subparagraphs 
                (B), (C), and (F), and the second sentence of 
                subparagraph (D);
                    (C) by repealing paragraph (7) of subsection (a); 
                and
                    (D) by repealing subsection (f).
            (2) Legislative branch appropriations act, 1990.--Section 
        316 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (39 
        U.S.C. 3210 note) is repealed.
            (3) Legislative branch appropriations act, 1991.--
        Subsection (f) of section 311 of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-520; 104 Stat. 2280) 
        is repealed.
            (4) Legislative branch appropriations act, 1995.--Sections 
        5 and 6 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 
        (Public Law 103-283; 108 Stat. 1427) are repealed.

SEC. 2. RETURN OF EXCESS AMOUNTS FROM OFFICIAL ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF 
              THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE TREASURY FOR DEFICIT 
              REDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other law, or any rule or 
other authority, any amount remaining in an official allowance of a 
Member of the House of Representatives at the end of the session of 
Congress or other period for which the allowance is made available 
shall be returned to the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.
    (b) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' 
        means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress; and
            (2) the term ``official allowance'' means, with respect to 
        a Member of the House of Representatives, the Official Mail 
        Allowance.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect at 
the beginning of, and shall apply with respect to sessions of Congress 
beginning with, the first regular session of Congress beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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