[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2788 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2788

 To require each piece included in a mass mailing sent by a Member of 
the House of Representatives as franked mail to include a statement of 
  the costs of producing and mailing the mass mailing, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2007

  Mr. Flake introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require each piece included in a mass mailing sent by a Member of 
the House of Representatives as franked mail to include a statement of 
  the costs of producing and mailing the mass mailing, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Franking Reform Adds Needed 
Knowledge Act of 2007'' or the ``FRANK Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATEMENT OF COSTS ON MASS MAILINGS BY MEMBERS OF THE 
              HOUSE.

    (a) Statement Required.--A Member of the House of Representatives 
may not mail any mass mailing as franked mail unless each piece 
included in the mass mailing contains the following statement: ``The 
aggregate cost of this mailing to the taxpayers is _________.'', with 
the blank space filled in with the cost of producing and mailing the 
mass mailing.
    (b) Assistance of House Commission on Congressional Mailing 
Standards.--At the request of a Member of the House of Representatives, 
the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards shall assist 
the Member in obtaining the information required to be included in a 
mass mailing under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``mass mailing'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United States Code; 
        and
            (2) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' 
        includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to mass mailings mailed on or 
after the expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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