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                      SENATE QUARTERLY MAIL COSTS

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, in accordance with section 318 of Public Law 
101-520, I am submitting the summary tabulations of Senate mass mail 
costs for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1993, that is the period of 
July 1, 1993, through September 30, 1993, to be printed in the Record, 
along with the quarterly statement from the U.S. Postal Service setting 
forth the Senate's total postage costs for the quarter.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

   SENATE QUARTERLY MASS MAIL VOLUMES AND COSTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING  
                           SEPTEMBER 30, 1993                           
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Original    Pieces                         
                               total       per      Original    Cost per
                              pieces     capita    total cost    capita 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Senators:                                                               
  Akaka...................           0   0.00000        $0.00   $0.00000
  Baucus..................      68,666     08333    12,660.57     .01536
  Bennett.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Biden...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Bingaman................      19,875    .01257     4,183.86     .00265
  Bond....................      21,850    .00421     4,562.46     .00088
  Boren...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Boxer...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Bradley.................       8,850    .00114     1,344,01     .00017
  Breaux..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Brown...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Bryan...................      97,920    .07379    14,900.32     .01123
  Bumpers.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Burns...................      61,067    .07411    12,084.18     .01467
  Byrd....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Campbell................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Chafee..................      32,050    .03189     5,395.39     .00537
  Coast...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Cochran.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Cohen...................      16,350    .01324     3,097.15     .00251
  Conrad..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Coverdell...............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Craig...................       9,200    .00862     1,897.29     .00178
  D'Amato.................     260,300    .01437    44,905.48     .00248
  Danforth................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Daschle.................       4,950    .00696       752.40     .00106
  DeConcini...............       6,045    .00158     4,785,06     .00125
  Dodd....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Dole....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Domenici................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Dorgan..................      33,175    .05216     5,086.80     .00800
  Durenberger.............      80,440    .01796    11,435.41     .00255
  Exon....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Faircloth...............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Feingold................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Feinstein...............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Ford....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Glenn...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Gorton..................     192,665    .03751    37,660.30     .00733
  Graham..................       8,165    .00061     6,530.54     .00048
  Gramm...................      83,010    .00470    16,829.88     .00095
  Grassley................     403,300    .14342    61,457.39     .02186
  Gregg...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Harkin..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Hatch...................       7,000    .00386     1,045.86     .00058
  Hatfield................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Heflin..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Helms...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Hollings................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Hutchison...............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Inouye..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Jeffords................      13,450    .02360     3,501.04     .00614
  Johnston................      11,610    .00271     5,056.38     .00118
  Kassebaum...............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Kempthorne..............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Kennedy.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  KLerrey.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Kerry...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Kohl....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Lautenbert..............       4,387    .00056     1,714.37     .00022
  Leahy...................      20,500    .03596     4,018.18     .00705
  Levin...................      11,563    .00123     2,372.72     .00025
  Leiberman...............      13,650    .00416     2,268.19     .00069
  Lott....................       4,000    .00153       604.07     .00023
  Lugar...................       5,500    .00097     1,060.45     .00019
  Mack....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Mathews.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  McCain..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  McConnell...............     318,350    .08478    56,060.17     .01493
  Metzenbaum..............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Mikulski................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Mitchell................      55,950    .04530     8,520.32     .00690
  Moseley-Braun...........     647,738    .05569    95,651.15     .00822
  Moynihan................   1,627,000    .08980   295,461.39     .01631
  Murkowski...............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Murray..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Nickles.................      46,000    .01432     7,910.08     .00246
  Nunn....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Packwood................      32,275    .01084     5,826.48     .00196
  Pell....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Pressler................     149,498    .21026    24,644.70     .03466
  Pryor...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Reid....................      29,479    .02221    10,040.74     .00757
  Reigle..................     242,150    .02566    37,141.45     .00394
  Robb....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Rockefeller.............           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Roth....................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Sarbanes................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Sasser..................     129,900    .02586    18,733.99     .00373
  Shelby..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Simon...................     518,625    .04459    78,986.85     .00679
  Simpson.................      35,900    .07704     5,166.97     .01109
  Smith...................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Specter.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Stevens.................      22,750    .03876     3,924.33     .00669
  Thurmond................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Wallop..................      11,625    .02495     2,520.09     .00541
  Warner..................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
  Wellstone...............      49,700    .01109     8,151.19     .00182
  Wofford.................           0    .00000          .00     .00000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Total     Total 
                                                       pieces     cost  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other offices:                                                          
  The Vice President................................         0     $0.00
  The President Pro-Tempore.........................         0       .00
  The Majority Leader...............................         0       .00
  The Minority Leader...............................         0       .00
  The Assistant Majority Leader.....................         0       .00
  The Assistant Minority Leader.....................         0       .00
  Secretary of Majority Conference..................         0       .00
  Secretary of Minority Conference..................         0       .00
  Agriculture Committee.............................         0       .00
  Appropriations Committee..........................         0       .00
  Armed Services Committee..........................         0       .00
  Banking Committee.................................         0       .00
  Budget Committee..................................         0       .00
  Commerce Committee................................         0       .00
  Energy Committee..................................         0       .00
  Environment Committee.............................         0       .00
  Finance Committee.................................         0       .00
  Foreign Relations Committee.......................         0       .00
  Governmental Affairs Committee....................         0       .00
  Judiciary Committee...............................         0       .00
  Labor Committee...................................         0       .00
  Rules Committee...................................         0       .00
  Small Business Committee..........................         0       .00
  Veterans' Affairs Committee.......................         0       .00
  Ethics Committee..................................         0       .00
  Indian Affairs Committee..........................         0       .00
  Intelligence Committee............................         0       .00
  Aging Committee...................................         0       .00
  Joint Economic Committee..........................         0       .00
  Joint Committee on Printing.......................         0       .00
  Democratic Policy Committee.......................         0       .00
  Democratic Conference.............................         0       .00
  Republican Policy Committee.......................         0       .00
  Republican Conference.............................         0       .00
  Legislative Counsel...............................         0       .00
  Legal Counsel.....................................         0       .00
  Secretary of the Senate...........................         0       .00
  Sergeant at Arms..................................         0       .00
  Narcotics Caucus..................................         0       .00
  SCMTE POW/MIA.....................................         0       .00
                                                     -------------------
      Total.........................................         0       .00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 United States Postal Service,

                                  Washington DC, December 9, 1993.
     Hon. Wendell H. Ford,
     Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, U.S. Senate, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: Detailed data on franked mail usage by 
     the U.S. Senate for the fourth quarter, Fiscal Year 1993, is 
     enclosed. Total postage and fees for the quarter is 
     $3,254,024.
       A summary of Senate franked mail usage based upon actual 
     data for the four quarters of Fiscal Year 1993 is as follows: 
     Volume--41,453,448; revenue per piece--$.2553; revenue--
     $10,581,895.00; provisional payments (March 1993)--
     $10,000,000.00; deficiency in provisional payments--
     $581,895.00.
       A bill is enclosed for the difference between the actual 
     charges and the provisional payments.
       Also enclosed is a copy of the comparable report for the 
     United States House of Representatives.
       If you or your staff have any questions, please call Tom 
     Galgano of my staff.
           Sincerely,
                                              Thomas E. Dale, Jr.,
         For Alfred Carreon, Jr., Manager, Post Office Accounting 
                               Finance, room 8831, Washington, DC.
       Enclosures.

                          SENATE--FRANKED MAIL                          
                 [Postal quarter IV, fiscal year 1993]                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Rate in   Amount in 
                                          Pieces    dollars    dollars  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subcategories:                                                          
  1. Letters: First class............    2,787,354    .2900      808,333
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total..........................    2,787,354    .2900      808,333
                                      ==================================
  2. Flats: First class..............      139,719   1.1064      154,585
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total..........................      139,719   1.1064      154,585
                                      ==================================
  3. Parcels:                                                           
    Priority--Up to 11 oz............  ...........  .......  ...........
    Priority--Over 11 oz.............       27,440   4.3469      119,279
    4th Class--Regular...............       40,651   3.9547      160,763
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total..........................       68,091   4.1128      280,042
                                      ==================================
  4. Orange bag pouches: First class.        4,706    .3608        1,698
    Priority--Up to 11 oz............           64   2.9063          186
    Priority--Over 11 oz.............          263   5.1027        1,342
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total..........................        5,033    .6410        3,226
                                      ==================================
  5. Agriculture bulletins: First                                       
   class.............................  ...........  .......  ...........
    Priority--Up to 11 oz............  ...........  .......  ...........
    Priority--Over 11 oz.............  ...........  .......  ...........
    3rd Class........................  ...........  .......  ...........
    4th Class Special (Bk)...........  ...........  .......  ...........
    4th Class Regular................           69   9.5217          657
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total..........................           69   9.5217          657
                                      ==================================
  6. Yearbooks: 4th Class Special                                       
   (Bk)..............................          775   1.4800        1,147
                                      ----------------------------------
      Total..........................          775   1.4800        1,147
                                      ==================================
  7. Other (odd size parcels):                                          
    Priority--Up to 11 oz............  ...........  .......  ...........
    Priority--Over 11 oz.............          598  36.2074       21,652
    4th Class Special (Bk)...........  ...........  .......  ...........
    4th Class Regular................        2,635  11.0653       29,157
      Total..........................        3,233  15.7157       50,809
Total outside DC (See attachment)....      360,105    .4831      173,954
Permit imprint mailings:                                                
  1st class single piece rate........      121,999    .2465       30,075
  3rd class bulk rate................    8,800,385    .1319    1,161,108
  Parcel post--PI....................           30   6.8667          206
  First class single piece--PI.......  ...........  .......  ...........
  Address corrections (3547's).......           12    .3333            4
  Address corrections (3rd CL).......           15    .2666            4
  Mailing list corrections (10 names                                    
   or less)..........................  ...........  .......  ...........
  Mailing list corrections (more than                                   
   10 names).........................  ...........  .......  ...........
  Mailgrams..........................  ...........  .......  ...........
  IPA--International priority airmail  ...........  .......  ...........
  Mailing fees (registry, certified,                                    
   etc.).............................  ...........  .......  ...........
  Postage due/short paid mail........  ...........  .......           57
  Permit fees........................  ...........  .......  ...........
  Miscellaneous charges/ADJ..........  ...........  .......  ...........
  Express mail service...............  ...........  .......      418,872
      Sub-total......................   12,286,820    .2509    3,083,079
      Adjustments (PFY to GFY).......      390,508    .4378      170,945
                                      ----------------------------------
      Grand total....................   12,677,328    .2567    3,254,024
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