[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 50 (Monday, May 2, 1994)]
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                      SENATE QUARTERLY MAIL COSTS

  Mr. FORD. Madam President, in accordance with section 318 of Public 
Law 101-520, I am submitting the summary tabulations of Senate mass 
mail costs for the first quarter of fiscal year 1994, that is the 
period of October 1, 1993 through December 31, 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 DEC.
                                31, 1993                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               Original   Pieces                        
           Senators              total     per      Original    Cost per
                                pieces    capita   total cost    capita 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akaka........................         0  0                0      0      
Baucus.......................    26,418  0.03206    $19,170.22  $0.02326
Bennett......................    28,450  0.01569     $4,331.97  $0.00239
Biden........................         0  0                0      0      
Bingaman.....................   142,700  0.0926     $22,071.07  $0.01396
Bond.........................    32,700  0.00630     $6,433.35  $0.00124
Boren........................         0  0                0      0      
Boxer........................         0  0                0      0      
Bradley......................         0  0                0      0      
Breaux.......................         0  0                0      0      
Brown........................         0  0                0      0      
Bryan........................   122,600  0.09239    $21,522.15  $0.01622
Bumpers......................         0  0                0      0      
Burns........................    30,450  0.03695     $4,609.16  $0.00559
Byrd.........................         0  0                0      0      
Campbell.....................         0  0                0      0      
Chafee.......................    56,800  0.05652     $8,878.34  $0.00883
Coats........................         0  0                0      0      
Cochran......................         0  0                0      0      
Cohen........................   225,900  0.18291    $38,616.81  $0.03127
Conrad.......................     3,610  0.00568     $2,802.58  $0.00441
Coverdell....................         0  0                0      0      
Craig........................    31,550  0.02957     $5,630.11  $0.00528
D'Amato......................         0  0                0      0      
Danforth.....................         0  0                0      0      
Daschle......................     5,500  0.00774       $812.31  $0.00114
DeConcini....................         0  0                0      0      
Dodd.........................         0  0                0      0      
Dole.........................         0  0                0      0      
Domenici.....................         0  0                0      0      
Dorgan.......................         0  0                0      0      
Durenberger..................    18,350  0.00410     $3,376.68  $0.00075
Exon.........................         0  0                0      0      
Faircloth....................         0  0                0      0      
Feingold.....................         0  0                0      0      
Feinstein....................     4,537  0.00015     $3,593.61  $0.00012
Ford.........................         0  0                0      0      
Glenn........................         0  0                0      0      
Gorton.......................    32,175  0.00626    $10,059.78  $0.00196
Graham.......................         0  0                0      0      
Gramm........................   331,050  0.01875    $61,501.77  $0.00348
Grassley.....................         0  0                0      0      
Gregg........................         0  0                0      0      
Harkin.......................     3,211  0.00114     $1,017.89  $0.00036
Hatch........................         0  0                0      0      
Hatfield.....................    78,000  0.02620    $12,882.54  $0.00433
Heflin.......................   782,000  0.18907   $124,802.23  $0.03017
Helms........................         0  0                0      0      
Hollings.....................         0  0                0      0      
Hutchison....................         0  0                0      0      
Inouye.......................         0  0                0      0      
Jeffords.....................    62,192  0.10911    $13,511.91  $0.02371
Johnston.....................    80,000  0.01866    $11,544.54  $0.00269
Kassebaum....................         0  0                0      0      
Kempthorne...................         0  0                0      0      
Kennedy......................         0  0                0      0      
Kerrey.......................         0  0                0      0      
Kerry........................         0  0                0      0      
Kohl.........................         0  0                0      0      
Lautenberg...................     3,250  0.00042       $724.83  $0.00009
Leahy........................     6,990  0.01226     $1,672.99  $0.00294
Levin........................    40,521  0.00429     $7,872.67  $0.00083
Lieberman....................    46,725  0.01424     $7,285.87  $0.00222
Lott.........................         0  0                0      0      
Lugar........................     1,575  0.00028       $335.12  $0.00006
Mack.........................         0  0                0      0      
Mathews......................         0  0                0      0      
McConnell....................   356,197  0.09486    $70,662.02  $0.01882
McCain.......................         0  0                0      0      
Metzenbaum...................   195,500  0.01775          0      0      
Mikulski.....................         0  0                0      0      
Mitchell.....................  ........  0.         $29,785.37  $0.02412
Moseley-Braun................         0  0                0      0      
Moynihan.....................    29,000  0.00160     $6,291.73  $0.00035
Murkowski....................   250,000  0.42589    $38,310.63  $0.06527
Murray.......................     3,980  0.00077       $794.65  $0.00015
Nickles......................    10,425  0.00325     $2,137.16  $0.00067
Nunn.........................         0  0                0      0      
Packwood.....................   131,800  0.04427    $22,729.05  $0.00763
Pell.........................         0  0                0      0      
Pressler.....................     7,329  0.01031     $5,799.66  $0.00816
Pryor........................     3,350  0.00140       $729.56  $0.00030
Reid.........................         0  0                0      0      
Riegle.......................    16,500  0.00175     $3,138.70  $0.00033
Robb.........................         0  0                0      0      
Rockefeller..................    27,900  0.01540     $3,844.79  $0.00212
Roth.........................    62,500  0.09071    $10,746.03  $0.01560
Sarbanes.....................     3,175  0.00065       $675.12  $0.00014
Sasser.......................    27,600  0.00549     $4,892.10  $0.00097
Shelby.......................         0  0                0      0      
Simon........................   236,563  0.02034    $36,558.61  $0.00314
Simpson......................    36,350  0.07800     $5,098.55  $0.01094
Smith........................    23,900  0.02151     $3,947.02  $0.00355
Specter......................         0  0                0      0      
Stevens......................         0  0                0      0      
Thurmond.....................         0  0                0      0      
Wallop.......................     9,010  0.01933     $1,917.61  $0.00412
Warner.......................         0  0                0      0      
Wellstone....................    35,250  0.00787    $35,250.00  $0.00787
Wofford......................         0  0                0      0      
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Total     Total  
                   Other offices                      pieces     cost   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Vice President..................................        0      $0.00
The President Pro-Tempore...........................        0      $0.00
The Majority Leader.................................        0      $0.00
The Majority Leader.................................        0      $0.00
The Assistant Majority Leader.......................        0      $0.00
The Assistant Minority Leader.......................        0      $0.00
Secretary of Majority Conference....................        0      $0.00
Secretary of Minority Conference....................        0      $0.00
Agriculture Committee...............................        0      $0.00
Appropriations Committee............................        0      $0.00
Armed Services Committee............................        0      $0.00
Banking Committee...................................        0      $0.00
Budget Committee....................................        0      $0.00
Commerce Committee..................................        0      $0.00
Energy Committee....................................        0      $0.00
Environment Committee...............................        0      $0.00
Finance Committee...................................        0      $0.00
Foreign Relations Committee.........................        0      $0.00
Governmental Affairs Committee......................        0      $0.00
Judiciary Committee.................................        0      $0.00
Labor Committee.....................................    5,250  $1,138.86
Rules Committee.....................................        0      $0.00
Small Business Committee............................        0      $0.00
Veterans Affairs Committee..........................        0      $0.00
Ethics Committee....................................        0      $0.00
Indian Affairs Committee............................        0      $0.00
Intelligence Committee..............................        0      $0.00
Aging Committee.....................................        0      $0.00
Joint Economic Committee............................        0      $0.00
Joint Committee on Printing.........................        0      $0.00
Jcmte Congress Inaug................................        0      $0.00
Democratic Policy Committee.........................        0      $0.00
Democratic Conference...............................        0      $0.00
Republican Policy Committee.........................        0      $0.00
Republican Conference...............................        0      $0.00
Legislative Counsel.................................        0      $0.00
Legal Counsel.......................................        0      $0.00
Secretary of the Senate.............................        0      $0.00
Sergeant at Arms....................................        0      $0.00
Narcotics Caucus....................................        0      $0.00
Scmte POW/MIA.......................................        0     $0.00 
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                                          U.S. Postal Service,

                                   Washington, DC, April 21, 1994.
     Hon. Wendell H. Ford,
     Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, U.S. Senate.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: Detailed data on franked mail usage by 
     the U.S. Senate for the first quarter, Fiscal Year 1994, is 
     enclosed. Total postage and fees for the quarter is 
     $1,691,073.
       A summary of Senate franked mail usage, based upon the 
     first quarter of actual data for Fiscal Year 1994, is as 
     follows:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
Volume..................................................       6,213,154
Revenue per piece.......................................          $.2722
Revenue.................................................   $1,691,073.00
Provisional Payments....................................           $0.00
Amount due USPS.........................................   $1,691,073.00
                                                                        

       A bill is enclosed for these charges.
       If you or your staff have any questions on the above, 
     please call Tom Galgano of my Official Mail Accounting staff 
     on (202) 268-3255.
           Sincerely,

                                          Alfred Carreon, Jr.,

                                  Manager, Post Office Accounting,
                                             Corporate Accounting.

                          FRANKED MAIL--SENATE                          
                  [Postal Quarter I, fiscal year 1994]                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Subcategories               Pieces       Rate       Amount  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Letters: First Class.............  2,109,240    $0.2900     $611,680 
                                     -----------------------------------
    Total...........................  2,109,240      .2900      611,680 
                                     -----------------------------------
2. Flats: First Class...............    121,150     1.1064      134,040 
                                     -----------------------------------
    Total...........................    121,150     1.1064      134,040 
                                     ===================================
3. Parcels:                                                             
  Priority-Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .........  ...........
  Priority-Over 11 oz...............     18,412     4.3469       80,035 
  4th Class--Regular................     27,277     3.9547      107,872 
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total.........................     45,689     4.1127      187,907 
                                     ===================================
4. Orange Bag Pouches:                                                  
  First Class.......................      1,954      .3608          705 
  Priority-Up to 11 oz..............         27     2.8889           78 
  Priority-Over 11 oz...............        109     5.1009          556 
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total.........................      2,090      .6407        1,339 
                                     ===================================
5. Agriculture Bulletins:                                               
  First Class.......................  ..........  .........  ...........
  Priority-Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .........  ...........
  Priority-Over 11 oz...............  ..........  .........  ...........
  3rd Class.........................  ..........  .........  ...........
  4th Class Special (Bk)............  ..........  .........  ...........
  4th Class Regular.................          1    10.0000           10 
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total.........................          1    10.0000           10 
                                     ===================================
6. Yearbooks: 4th Class Special (Bk)        518     1.4807          767 
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total.........................        518     1.4807          767 
                                     ===================================
7. Other (Odd Size Parcels):                                            
  Priority-Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .........  ...........
  Priority-Over 11 oz...............        445    36.2067       16,112 
  4th Class Special (Bk)............  ..........  .........  ...........
  4th Class Regular.................      1,963    11.0652       21,721 
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total.........................      2,408    15.7114       37,833 
                                     ===================================
Total Outside DC....................    256,678      .4999      128,303 
(See Attachment)                                                        
                                     ===================================
Permit Imprint Mailings:                                                
  1st Class Single Piece Rate.......     55,473      .2500       13,866 
  3d Class Bulk Rate................  4,010,055      .1254      502,847 
  Parcel Post--PI...................        313     6,7572        2,115 
  First Class Single Piece--PI......  ..........  .........  ...........
  Address Corrections (3547'S)......         47      .3404           16 
  Address Corrections (3RD CL)......  ..........  .........  ...........
  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.........  ..........  .........          70 
Permit Fees.........................  ..........  .........  ...........
Misc Charges (Books Shipped by the                                      
 Library of Congress................  ..........  .........       2,271 
Express Mail Service................  ..........  .........     238,954 
                                     ===================================
      Subtotal......................  6,603,662      .2820    1,862,018 
  Adjustments (GFY to PFY)..........   (390,508)    (.4378)    (170,945)
                                     -----------------------------------
      Grand total...................  6,213,154      .2722    1,691,073 
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