[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 851 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 851

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit any 
  committee from sending more than 999 copies of any mass mailing to 
addresses within the same Congressional district, from sending any mass 
mailing to an address within a Congressional district if the mailing is 
 postmarked fewer than 90 days immediately before the date of a House 
election in the district, and from sending any mass mailing as franked 
mail which does not meet the standards applicable to franked mail sent 
                   by elected officers of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2004

  Mr. Sherman (for himself and Mrs. Maloney) submitted the following 
        resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit any 
  committee from sending more than 999 copies of any mass mailing to 
addresses within the same Congressional district, from sending any mass 
mailing to an address within a Congressional district if the mailing is 
 postmarked fewer than 90 days immediately before the date of a House 
election in the district, and from sending any mass mailing as franked 
mail which does not meet the standards applicable to franked mail sent 
                   by elected officers of the House.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING HOUSE COMMITTEES FROM SENDING MORE THAN 999 
              COPIES OF A MASS MAILING WITHIN SAME CONGRESSIONAL 
              DISTRICT OR SENDING MAILINGS WITHIN A DISTRICT FEWER THAN 
              90 DAYS PRIOR TO HOUSE ELECTIONS.

    Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``12. (a) A committee may not send more than 999 copies of any mass 
mailing to addresses within the same Congressional district, unless 
authorized to do so by resolution of the House with respect to the 
specific mailing.
    ``(b) A committee may not send any mass mailing to an address 
within a Congressional district if the mailing is postmarked fewer than 
90 days immediately before the date of any election held in the 
district for the office of Member of the House of Representatives 
(including the office of Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress).
    ``(c) A committee may not send any mass mailing as franked mail 
which does not not conform to the rules, regulations, and standards 
prescribed by the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards 
for franked mail sent by elected officers of the House.
    ``(d) For purposes of this clause, the term `mass mailing' has the 
meaning given such term in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United 
States Code.''.
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