[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 8, 1994)]
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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 second quarter of fiscal year 1994, that is the period of 
January 1 to March 31, 1994, 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 Mar. 31, 1994]                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               Original    Pieces                       
          Senators               total      per      Original   Cost per
                                pieces     capita   total cost   capita 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akaka.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Baucus......................      28,889  0.03506     5,175.20   0.00628
Bennett.....................      42,700  0.02355     6,506.52   0.00359
Biden.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Bingaman....................           0  0                  0   0      
Bond........................           0  0                  0   0      
Boren.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Boxer.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Bradley.....................      18,100  0.00232     2,753.82   0.00035
Breaux......................           0  0                  0   0      
Brown.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Bryan.......................      37,410  0.02819     6,464.94   0.00487
Bumpers.....................           0  0                  0   0      
Burns.......................      55,600  0.06748     8,677.36   0.01053
Byrd........................           0  0                  0   0      
Campbell....................           0  0                  0   0      
Chafee......................     108,400  0.10786    18,654.19   0.01856
Coats.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Cochran.....................           0  0                  0   0      
Cohen.......................      36,653  0.02968     6,985.78   0.00566
Conrad......................           0  0                  0   0      
Coverdell...................           0  0                  0   0      
Craig.......................      26,741  0.02506     6,873.81   0.00644
D'Amato.....................   1,549,650  0.08553   263,055.33   0.01452
Danforth....................      87,450  0.01684    12,108.90   0.0023 
Daschle.....................      17,775  0.02500     2,654.44   0.00373
DeConcini...................       7,000  0.00183     2,212.00   0.00058
Dodd........................           0  0                  0   0      
Dole........................           0  0                  0   0      
Domenici....................           0  0                  0   0      
Dorgan......................           0  0                  0   0      
Durenberger.................       1,350  0.00030       294.16   0.00007
Exon........................           0  0                  0   0      
Faircloth...................      73,650  0.01076    13,870.02   0.00203
Feingold....................           0  0                  0   0      
Feinstein...................           0  0                  0   0      
Ford........................           0  0                  0   0      
Glenn.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Gorton......................     357,596  0.06963    66,643.15   0.01298
Graham......................       1,889  0.00014     1,484.91   0.00011
Gramm.......................   1,639,350  0.09285   287,084.07   0.01626
Grassley....................           0  0                  0   0      
Gregg.......................     180,300  0.16229    28,181.98   0.02537
Harkin......................           0  0                  0   0      
Hatch.......................       8,050  0.00444     1,232.53   0.00068
Hatfield....................         950  0.00032       224.69   0.00008
Heflin......................      15,500  0.00375     2,456.22   0.00059
Helms.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Hollings....................           0  0                  0   0      
Hutchison...................           0  0                  0   0      
Inouye......................     438,000  0.37759    66,684.51   0.05749
Jeffords....................      34,350  0.06026     5,388.66   0.00945
Johnston....................           0  0                  0   0      
Kassebaum...................           0  0                  0   0      
Kempthorne..................           0  0                  0   0      
Kennedy.....................           0  0                  0   0      
Kerrey......................           0  0                  0   0      
Kerry.......................      29,219  0.00487     4,954.42   0.00083
Kohl........................           0  0                  0   0      
Lautenberg..................           0  0                  0   0      
Leahy.......................      24,174  0.04241     4,930.31   0.00865
Levin.......................      24,203  0.00256     5,585.86   0.00059
Lieberman...................      69,350  0.02114    10,337.07   0.00315
Lott........................     420,150  0.16073    66,430.71   0.02541
Lugar.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Mack........................           0  0                  0   0      
Mathews.....................           0  0                  0   0      
McCain......................           0  0                  0   0      
McConnell...................           0  0                  0   0      
Metzenbaum..................           0  0                  0   0      
Mikulski....................           0  0                  0   0      
Mitchell....................           0  0                  0   0      
Moseley-Braun...............           0  0                  0   0      
Moynihan....................      33,650  0.00186     6,520.41   0.00036
Murkowski...................           0  0                  0   0      
Murray......................       4,050  0.00079       931.92   0.00018
Nickles.....................      13,775  0.00429     1,987.62   0.00062
Nunn........................           0  0                  0   0      
Packwood....................     125,900  0.04229    20,800.93   0.00699
Pell........................           0  0                  0   0      
Pressler....................      67,453  0.09487    11,128.99   0.01565
Pryor.......................           0  0                  0   0      
Reid........................         650  0.00049        95.02   0.00007
Riegle......................           0  0                  0   0      
Robb........................           0  0                  0   0      
Rockefeller.................     206,031  0.11370   133,697.21   0.07378
Roth........................           0  0                  0   0      
Sarbanes....................     300,950  0.06132    45,855.63   0.00934
Sasser......................     276,250  0.05499    40,390.93   0.00804
Shelby......................           0  0                  0   0      
Simon.......................       1,700  0.00015       255.23   0.00002
Simpson.....................      33,175  0.07119     4,779.34   0.01026
Smith.......................      46,200  0.04158    12,143.28   0.01093
Specter.....................           0  0                  0   0      
Stevens.....................           0  0                  0   0      
Thurmond....................           0  0                  0   0      
Wallop......................       7,500  0.01609     1,773.50   0.00381
Warner......................           0  0                  0   0      
Wellstone...................     379,250  0.08465    62,531.97   0.01396
Wofford.....................           0  0                  0  0       
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             OTHER OFFICES                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Total              
                                                    pieces   Total cost 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Vice President...............................         0            0
The President Pro-Tempore........................         0            0
The Majority Leader..............................         0            0
The Minority Leader..............................         0            0
The Assistant Majority Leader....................         0            0
The Assistant Minority Leader....................         0            0
Sec. of Majority Conference......................         0            0
Sec. of Minority Conference......................         0            0
Agriculture Committee............................         0            0
Appropriations Committee.........................         0            0
Armed Services Committee.........................         0            0
Banking Committee................................         0            0
Budget Committee.................................         0            0
Commerce Committee...............................         0            0
Energy Committee.................................       984      $331.25
Environment Committee............................         0            0
Finance Committee................................         0            0
Foreign Relations Committee......................         0            0
Governmental Affairs Committee...................         0            0
Judiciary Committee..............................         0            0
Labor Committee..................................         0            0
Rules Committee..................................         0            0
Small Business Committee.........................         0            0
Veterans Affairs Committee.......................         0            0
Ethics Committee.................................         0            0
Indian Affairs Committee.........................         0            0
Intelligence Committee...........................         0            0
Aging Committee..................................         0            0
Joint Economic Committee.........................         0            0
Joint Committee on Printing......................         0            0
JCMTE Congress Inaug.............................         0            0
Democratic Policy Committee......................         0            0
Democratic Conference............................         0            0
Republican Policy Committee......................         0            0
Republican Conference............................         0            0
Legislative Counsel..............................         0            0
Legal Counsel....................................         0            0
Secretary of the Senate..........................         0            0
Sergeant at Arms.................................         0            0
Narcotics Caucus.................................         0            0
SCMTE POW/MIA....................................         0           0 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                  ____



                                           U.S. Postal Service

                                                     May 25, 1994.
     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 second quarter, Fiscal Year 1994, is 
     enclosed. Total postage and fees for the quarter is 
     $1,612,484.
       A summary of Senate franked mail usage, based upon the 
     first two quarters of actual data for Fiscal Year 1994, is as 
     follows:

Volume.......................................................11,820,017
Revenue per piece...............................................$0.2795
Revenue...................................................$3,303,557.00
Payment Received..........................................$1,691,073.00
Amount due USPS...........................................$1,612,484.00

       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.
                                  ____


                              FRANKED MAIL                              
             [Postal quarter II, fiscal year 1994, Senate]              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Subcategories                 Pieces     Rates     Amount  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Letters--First Class...................   1,371,100  $0.2900   $397,619 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................   1,371,100   0.2900    397,619 
                                        ================================
Flats--First Class.....................     118,205   1.1064    130,782 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................     118,205   1.1064    130,782 
                                        ================================
Parcels:                                                                
    Priority--Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .......  ..........
    Priority--Over 11 oz...............      17,448   4.3469      75,845
    4th Class--Regular.................      25,850   3.9547    102,229 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................      43,298   4.1128    178,074 
                                        ================================
Orange Bag Pouches--First Class:                733   0.3615         265
    Priority--Up to 11 oz..............          10   2.9000          29
    Priority--Over 11 oz...............          41   5.0976        209 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................         784   0.6416        503 
                                        ================================
Agriculture Bulletins--First Class:      ..........  .......  ..........
    Priority--Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .......  ..........
    Priority--Over 11 oz...............  ..........  .......  ..........
    3d Class...........................  ..........  .......  ..........
    4th Class Special (Bk).............  ..........  .......  ..........
    4th Class Regular..................          27   9.5185        257 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................          27   9.5185        257 
                                        ================================
Yearbooks--4th Class Special (Bk)......         740   1.4797      1,095 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................         740   1.4797      1,095 
                                        ================================
Other (Odd Size Parcels):                                               
    Priority--Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .......  ..........
    Priority--Over 11 oz...............         351  36.2080      12,709
    4th Class--Special (Bk)............  ..........  .......  ..........
    4th Class--Regular.................       1,548  11.0652     17,129 
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................       1,899  15.7125     29,838 
                                        ================================
Total Outside DC                                                        
Permit Imprint Mailings:                                                
    1st Class Single Piece Rate........     143,581   0.2693      38,661
    3d Class Bulk Rate.................   3,700,368   0.1290     477,438
    Parcel Post--PI....................         372   6.6935       2,490
    First Class Single Piece--PI.......  ..........  .......  ..........
    Address Corrections (3547's).......          50   0.3600          18
    Address Corrections (3d 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............  ..........  .......          20
Permit Fees............................  ..........  .......  ..........
Misc. Charges..........................  ..........  .......  ..........
Express Mail Service...................  ..........  .......    237,303 
                                        ================================
      Subtotal.........................   5,606,863   0.2876   1,612,484
Adjustments............................  ..........  .......  ..........
      Grand total......................   5,606,863   0.2876  1,612,484 
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