[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 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 third quarter of fiscal year 1994, that is the period of 
April 1, 1994, through June 30, 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 June 30, 1994]                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Original    Pieces                          
        Senators              total       per      Original     Cost per
                             pieces     capita    total cost    capita  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akaka....................           0   0                0      0       
Baucus...................     100,906   0.12246    $17,669.53   0.02144 
Bennett..................     148,400   0.08185     22,609.42   0.01247 
Biden....................           0   0                0      0       
Bingaman.................           0   0                0      0       
Bond.....................           0   0                0      0       
Boren....................           0   0                0      0       
Boxer....................     100,610   0.00326     19,240.93   0.00062 
Bradley..................           0   0                0      0       
Breaux...................       3,087   0.00072        367.73   0.00009 
Brown....................           0   0                0      0       
Bryan....................           0   0                0      0       
Bumpers..................           0   0                0      0       
Burns....................           0   0                0      0       
Byrd.....................           0   0                0      0       
Campbell.................           0   0                0      0       
Chafee...................           0   0                0      0       
Coats....................           0   0                0      0       
Cochran..................           0   0                0      0       
Cohen....................      90,450   0.07324     16,817.14   0.01362 
Conrad...................           0   0                0      0       
Coverdell................           0   0                0      0       
Craig....................      46,390   0.04348      8,560.93   0.00802 
D'Amato..................     335,000   0.01849     56,584.29   0.00312 
Danforth.................           0   0                0      0       
Daschle..................       4,100   0.00577        619.86   0.00087 
DeConcini................           0   0                0      0       
Dodd.....................       2,340   0.00071      1,823.59   0.00056 
Dole.....................           0   0                0      0       
Domenici.................           0   0                0      0       
Dorgan...................           0   0                0      0       
Durenberger..............       1,391   0.00031        443.07   0.00010 
Exon.....................           0   0                0      0       
Faircloth................           0   0                0      0       
Feingold.................           0   0                0      0       
Feinstein................           0   0                0      0       
Ford.....................           0   0                0      0       
Glenn....................           0   0                0      0       
Gorton...................     334,380   0.06511     63,685.07   0.01240 
Graham...................           0   0                0      0       
Gramm....................     856,744   0.04852    147,020.45   0.00833 
Grassley.................           0   0                0      0       
Gregg....................     113,150   0.10185     17,239.57   0.01552 
Harkin...................     302,850   0.10770     42,408.08   0.01508 
Hatch....................           0   0                0      0       
Hatfield.................         725   0.00024        163.99   0.00006 
Helfin...................           0   0                0      0       
Helms....................           0   0                0      0       
Hollings.................           0   0                0      0       
Hutchison................           0   0                0      0       
Inouye...................           0   0                0      0       
Jeffords.................           0   0                0      0       
Johnston.................       3,087   0.00072        356.78   0.00008 
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...............       3,200   0.00041        721.48   0.00009 
Leahy....................      13,795   0.02420      2,982.10   0.00523 
Levin....................      10,625   0.00113      2,265.15   0.00024 
Lieberman................     435,658   0.13278     88,132.46   0.02686 
Lott.....................           0   0                0      0       
Lugar....................           0   0                0      0       
Mack.....................           0   0                0      0       
Mathews..................           0   0                0      0       
McCain...................      19,693   0.00514     15,053.46   0.00393 
McConnell................     368,275   0.09808     73,583.63   0.01960 
Metzenbaum...............           0   0                0      0       
Mikulski.................           0   0                0      0       
Mitchell.................           0   0                0      0       
Moseley-Braun............           0   0                0      0       
Moynihan.................   3,194,000   0.17628    604,132.64   0.03334 
Murkowski................      26,200   0.04463      3,962.33   0.00675 
Murray...................       3,465   0.00067        699.81   0.00014 
Nickles..................      38,600   0.01202      6,645.39   0.00207 
Nunn.....................           0   0                0      0       
Packwood.................      81,950   0.02753     14,841.21   0.00499 
Pell.....................           0   0                0      0       
Pressler.................      38,300   0.05387      5,832.65   0.00820 
Pryor....................           0   0                0      0       
Reid.....................           0   0                0      0       
Riegle...................       9,100   0.00096      1,825.75   0.00019 
Robb.....................           0   0                0      0       
Rockefeller..............      34,200   0.01887      4,970.03   0.00274 
Roth.....................     203,000   0.29463     29,508.36   0.04283 
Sarbanes.................       4,051   0.00083      2,110.06   0.00043 
Sasser...................     924,300   0.18398    140,909.19   0.02805 
Shelby...................           0   0                0      0       
Simon....................     689,075   0.05924    105,179.29   0.00904 
Simpson..................      27,250   0.05848      3,810.25   0.00818 
Smith....................      19,850   0.01787      5,044.76   0.00454 
Specter..................           0   0                0      0       
Stevens..................           0   0                0      0       
Thurmond.................           0   0                0      0       
Wallop...................         900   0.00193        197.33   0.00042 
Warner...................           0   0                0      0       
Wellstone................      65,700   0.01467     11,291.77   0.00252 
Wofford..................           0   0                0     0        
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Total      Total  
                  Other offices                      pieces       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
Secretary of Majority Conference..................          0          0
Secretary 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..................................          0          0
Environment Committee.............................          0          0
Finance Committee.................................          0          0
Foreign Relations Committee.......................          0          0
Government 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
Select Committee on POW/MIA.......................          0          0
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                                              U.S. Postal Service;


                                         Corporate Accounting,

                                  Washington, DC, August 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 third quarter, Fiscal Year 1994, is 
     enclosed. Total postage and fees for the quarter is 
     $2,769,342.
       A summary of Senate franked mail usage, based upon the 
     first three quarters of actual data for Fiscal Year 1994, is 
     as follows:

Volume.......................................................24,152,264
Revenue per piece...............................................$0.2514
Revenue...................................................$6,072,899.00
Payments received.........................................$3,303,557.00
Amounts due USPS..........................................$2,769,342.00

       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,

                                           Afred Carreon, Jr.,

                                                          Manager,
                                           Post Office Accounting.
       Enclosures.

                              FRANKED MAIL                              
             [Postal Quarter III, Fiscal Year 1994, Senate]             
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Subcategories                 Pieces      Rate     Amount  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Letters: First Class...................   1,790,205  $0.2900    $519,159
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................   1,790,205    .2900     519,159
                                        ================================
Flats: First Class.....................     140,287   1.1064     155,214
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................     140,287   1.1064     155,214
                                        ================================
Parcels:                                                                
    Priority--Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .......  ..........
    Priority--Over 11 oz...............      18,725   4.3469      81,936
    4th class--regular.................      27,740   3.9547     109,703
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................      46,465   4.1128     191,099
                                        ================================
Orange bag pouches:                                                     
    First Class........................       8,080    .3609       2,916
        Priority--Up to 11 oz..........         110   2.9000         319
        Priority--Over 11 oz...........         451   5.1020       2,301
                                        --------------------------------
          Total........................       8,641    .6407       5,536
                                        ================================
Agriculture bulletins:                                                  
    First Class........................  ..........  .......  ..........
        Priority--Up to 11 oz..........  ..........  .......  ..........
        Priority--Over 11 oz...........  ..........  .......  ..........
        3d class.......................  ..........  .......  ..........
        4th class special (Bk).........  ..........  .......  ..........
        4th class regular..............          14   9.5000         133
                                        --------------------------------
          Total........................          14   9.5000         133
                                        ================================
Yearbooks: 4th class special (Bk)......         874   1.4806       1,294
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................         874   1.4806       1,294
                                        ================================
Other (odd size parcels):                                               
    Priority--Up to 11 oz..............  ..........  .......  ..........
    Priority--Over 11 oz...............         352  36.2074      12,745
    4th class special (Bk).............  ..........  .......  ..........
    4th class regular..................       1,550  11.0652      17,151
                                        --------------------------------
      Total............................       1,902  15.7182      29,896
                                        ================================
Total outside DC.......................     248,364    .5024     124,783
                                        ================================
Permit imprint mailings:                                                
    1st class single piece rate........     551,893    .2703     149,183
    3d class bulk rate.................   9,543,131    .1259   1,201,251
    Parcel post--PI....................         326   7.2178       2,353
    First class single piece--PI.......  ..........  .......  ..........
    Address corrections (3547's).......          55    .3455          19
    Address corrections (3d class).....  ..........  .......  ..........
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............  ..........  .......          42
Permit fees............................  ..........  .......          75
Miscellaneous charges..................  ..........  .......  ..........
Express mail service...................  ..........  .......     389,305
                                        ================================
      Subtotal.........................  12,332,247    .2246   2,769,342
Adjustments............................  ..........  .......  ..........
      Grand total......................  12,332,247    .2246   2,769,342
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