[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3772 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3772

 To establish certain disclosure requirements relating to franked mail 
            sent by Members of the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 1996

     Mr. Castle (for himself, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Blute, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Goss, Ms. Greene of Utah, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. LoBiondo, 
  Mr. McHale, Mr. Parker, Mr. Poshard, and Mr. Shays) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish certain disclosure requirements relating to franked mail 
            sent by Members 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. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Relating to Each Mailing.--Any franked mail sent by a Member of 
the House of Representatives shall bear on its face, or on the envelope 
or outside cover or wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, the 
following notice: ``this mailing was prepared, published, and mailed at 
taxpayer expense.'', or a notice to the same effect in words which may 
be prescribed under subsection (c).
    (b) Relating to the Congressional Record.--There shall be published 
in the Congressional Record, on an annual basis, a summary tabulation 
setting forth, for the office of each Member of the House of 
Representatives, the total number of pieces of franked mail mailed 
during the year involved and the total cost of those mailings.
    (c) Regulations.--The House Commission on Congressional Mailing 
Standards shall prescribe such rules and regulations and shall take 
such other action as the Commission considers necessary and proper for 
Members to conform to the provisions of this subsection and applicable 
rules and regulations.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of 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 ``franked mail'' has the meaning given such 
        term by section 3201(4) of title 39, United States Code.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
sessions of Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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