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§ 3210. —  Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC3210]

 
                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                          PART IV--MAIL MATTER
 
                  CHAPTER 32--PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL
 
Sec. 3210. Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, 
        Members of Congress, and congressional officials
        
    (a)(1) It is the policy of the Congress that the privilege of 
sending mail as franked mail shall be established under this section in 
order to assist and expedite the conduct of the official business, 
activities, and duties of the Congress of the United States.
    (2) It is the intent of the Congress that such official business, 
activities, and duties cover all matters which directly or indirectly 
pertain to the legislative process or to any congressional 
representative functions generally, or to the functioning, working, or 
operating of the Congress and the performance of official duties in 
connection therewith, and shall include, but not be limited to, the 
conveying of information to the public, and the requesting of the views 
of the public, or the views and information of other authority of 
government, as a guide or a means of assistance in the performance of 
those functions.
    (3) It is the intent of the Congress that mail matter which is 
frankable specifically includes, but is not limited to--
        (A) mail matter to any person and to all agencies and officials 
    of Federal, State, and local governments regarding programs, 
    decisions, and other related matters of public concern or public 
    service, including any matter relating to actions of a past or 
    current Congress;
        (B) the usual and customary congressional newsletter or press 
    release which may deal with such matters as the impact of laws and 
    decisions on State and local governments and individual citizens; 
    reports on public and official actions taken by Members of Congress; 
    and discussions of proposed or pending legislation or governmental 
    actions and the positions of the Members of Congress on, and 
    arguments for or against, such matters;
        (C) the usual and customary congressional questionnaire seeking 
    public opinion on any law, pending or proposed legislation, public 
    issue, or subject;
        (D) mail matter dispatched by a Member of Congress between his 
    Washington office and any congressional district offices, or between 
    his district offices;
        (E) mail matter directed by one Member of Congress to another 
    Member of Congress or to representatives of the legislative bodies 
    of State and local governments;
        (F) mail matter expressing congratulations to a person who has 
    achieved some public distinction;
        (G) mail matter, including general mass mailings, which consists 
    of Federal laws, Federal regulations, other Federal publications, 
    publications purchased with Federal funds, or publications 
    containing items of general information;
        (H) mail matter which consists of voter registration or election 
    information or assistance prepared and mailed in a nonpartisan 
    manner;
        (I) mail matter which constitutes or includes a biography or 
    autobiography of any Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress or any 
    biographical or autobiographical material concerning such Member or 
    Member-elect or the spouse or other members of the family of such 
    Member or Member-elect, and which is so mailed as a part of a 
    Federal publication or in response to a specific request therefor 
    and is not included for publicity purposes in a newsletter or other 
    general mass mailing of the Member or Member-elect under the 
    franking privilege; or
        (J) mail matter which contains a picture, sketch, or other 
    likeness of any Member or Member-elect and which is so mailed as a 
    part of a Federal publication or in response to a specific request 
    therefor and, when contained in a newsletter or other general mass 
    mailing of any Member or Member-elect, is not of such size, or does 
    not occur with such frequency in the mail matter concerned, as to 
    lead to the conclusion that the purpose of such picture, sketch, or 
    likeness is to advertise the Member or Member-elect rather than to 
    illustrate accompanying text.

    (4) It is the intent of the Congress that the franking privilege 
under this section shall not permit, and may not be used for, the 
transmission through the mails as franked mail, of matter which in its 
nature is purely personal to the sender or to any other person and is 
unrelated to the official business, activities, and duties of the public 
officials covered by subsection (b)(1) of this section.
    (5) It is the intent of the Congress that a Member of or Member-
elect to Congress may not mail as franked mail--
        (A) mail matter which constitutes or includes any article, 
    account, sketch, narration, or other text laudatory and 
    complimentary of any Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress on a 
    purely personal or political basis rather than on the basis of 
    performance of official duties as a Member or on the basis of 
    activities as a Member-elect;
        (B) mail matter which constitutes or includes--
            (i) greetings from the spouse or other members of the family 
        of such Member or Member-elect unless it is a brief reference in 
        otherwise frankable mail;
            (ii) reports of how or when such Member or Member-elect, or 
        the spouse or any other member of the family of such Member or 
        Member-elect, spends time other than in the performance of, or 
        in connection with, the legislative, representative, and other 
        official functions of such Member or the activities of such 
        Member-elect as a Member-elect; or
            (iii) any card expressing holiday greetings from such Member 
        or Member-elect; or

        (C) mail matter which specifically solicits political support 
    for the sender or any other person or any political party, or a vote 
    or financial assistance for any candidate for any public office.

The House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards and the Select 
Committee on Standards and Conduct of the Senate shall prescribe for 
their respective Houses such rules and regulations and shall take such 
other action, as the Commission or Committee considers necessary and 
proper for the Members and Members-elect to conform to the provisions of 
this clause and applicable rules and regulations. Such rules and 
regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions prescribing 
the time within which such mailings shall be mailed at or delivered to 
any postal facility to attain compliance with this clause and the time 
when such mailings shall be deemed to have been so mailed or delivered 
and such compliance attained.
    (6)(A) It is the intent of Congress that a Member of, or Member-
elect to, Congress may not mail any mass mailing as franked mail--
        (i) if the mass mailing is postmarked fewer than 60 days (or, in 
    the case of a Member of the House, fewer than 90 days) immediately 
    before the date of any primary election or general election (whether 
    regular, special, or runoff) in which the Member is a candidate for 
    reelection; or
        (ii) in the case of a Member of, or Member-elect to, the House 
    who is a candidate for any other public office, if the mass 
    mailing--
            (I) is prepared for delivery within any portion of the 
        jurisdiction of or the area covered by the public office which 
        is outside the area constituting the congressional district from 
        which the Member or Member-elect was elected; or
            (II) is postmarked fewer than 90 days immediately before the 
        date of any primary election or general election (whether 
        regular, special, or runoff) in which the Member or Member-elect 
        is a candidate for any other public office.

    (B) Any mass mailing which is mailed by the chairman of any 
organization referred to in the last sentence of section 3215 of this 
title which relates to the normal and regular business of the 
organization may be mailed without regard to the provisions of this 
paragraph.
    (C) No Member of the Senate may mail any mass mailing as franked 
mail if such mass mailing is postmarked fewer than 60 days immediately 
before the date of any primary election or general election (whether 
regular, special, or runoff) for any national, State or local office in 
which such Member is a candidate for election.
    (D) The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the House 
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards shall prescribe for their 
respective Houses rules and regulations, and shall take other action as 
the Committee or the Commission considers necessary and proper for 
Members and Members-elect to comply with the provisions of this 
paragraph and applicable rules and regulations. The rules and 
regulations shall include provisions prescribing the time within which 
mailings shall be mailed at or delivered to any postal facility and the 
time when the mailings shall be deemed to have been mailed or delivered 
to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
    (E) As used in this section, the term ``mass mailing'' means, with 
respect to a session of Congress, any mailing of newsletters or other 
pieces of mail with substantially identical content (whether such mail 
is deposited singly or in bulk, or at the same time or different times), 
totaling more than 500 pieces in that session, except that such term 
does not include any mailing--
        (i) of matter in direct response to a communication from a 
    person to whom the matter is mailed;
        (ii) from a Member of Congress to other Members of Congress, or 
    to Federal, State, or local government officials; or
        (iii) of a news release to the communications media.

    (F) For purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (C) if mail matter is of a 
type which is not customarily postmarked, the date on which such matter 
would have been postmarked if it were of a type customarily postmarked 
shall apply.
    (7) A Member of the House of Representatives may not send any mass 
mailing outside the congressional district from which the Member was 
elected.
    (b)(1) The Vice President, each Member of or Member-elect to 
Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the 
Senate, each of the elected officers of the House of Representatives 
(other than a Member of the House), the Legislative Counsels of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Law Revision Counsel of the 
House of Representatives, and the Senate Legal Counsel, may send, as 
franked mail, matter relating to their official business, activities, 
and duties, as intended by Congress to be mailable as franked mail under 
subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this section.
    (2) If a vacancy occurs in the Office of the Secretary of the 
Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, an elected officer of the 
House of Representatives (other than a Member of the House), the 
Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives or the Senate, the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives, or the Senate 
Legal Counsel, any authorized person may exercise the franking privilege 
in the officer's name during the period of the vacancy.
    (3) The Vice President, each Member of Congress, the Secretary of 
the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and each of the elected 
officers of the House (other than a Member of the House), during the 90-
day period immediately following the date on which they leave office, 
may send, as franked mail, matter on official business relating to the 
closing of their respective offices. The House Commission on 
Congressional Mailing Standards and the Select Committee on Standards 
and Conduct of the Senate shall prescribe for their respective Houses 
such rules and regulations, and shall take such other action as the 
Commission or Committee considers necessary and proper, to carry out the 
provisions of this paragraph.
    (c) Franked mail may be in any form appropriate for mail matter, 
including, but not limited to, correspondence, newsletters, 
questionnaires, recordings, facsimiles, reprints, and reproductions. 
Franked mail shall not include matter which is intended by Congress to 
be nonmailable as franked mail under subsection (a)(4) and (5) of this 
section.
    (d)(1) A Member of Congress may mail franked mail with a simplified 
form of address for delivery within that area constituting the 
congressional district or State from which the Member was elected.
    (2) A Member-elect to the Congress may mail franked mail with a 
simplified form of address for delivery within that area constituting 
the congressional district or the State from which he was elected.
    (3) A Delegate, Delegate-elect, Resident Commissioner, or Resident 
Commissioner-elect to the House of Representatives may mail franked mail 
with a simplified form of address for delivery within the area from 
which he was elected.
    (4) Any franked mail which is mailed under this subsection shall be 
mailed at the equivalent rate of postage which assures that the mail 
will be sent by the most economical means practicable.
    (5) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House 
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards shall prescribe for their 
respective Houses rules and regulations governing any franked mail which 
is mailed under this subsection and shall by regulation limit the number 
of such mailings allowed under this subsection
    (6)(A) Any Member of, or Member-elect to, the House of 
Representatives entitled to make any mailing as franked mail under this 
subsection shall, before making any mailing, submit a sample or 
description of the mail matter involved to the House Commission on 
Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to whether 
the proposed mailing is in compliance with the provisions of this 
subsection.
    (B) The Senate Select Committee on Ethics may require any Member of, 
or Member-elect to, the Senate entitled to make any mailings as franked 
mail under this subsection to submit a sample or description of the mail 
matter to the Committee for an advisory opinion as to whether the 
proposed mailing is in compliance with the provisions of this 
subsection.
    (7) Franked mail mailed with a simplified form of address under this 
subsection--
        (A) shall be prepared as directed by the Postal Service; and
        (B) may be delivered to--
            (i) each box holder or family on a rural or star route;
            (ii) each post office box holder; and
            (iii) each stop or box on a city carrier route.

    (8) For the purposes of this subsection, a congressional district 
includes, in the case of a Representative at Large or Representative at 
Large-elect, the State from which he was elected.
    (e) The frankability of mail matter shall be determined under the 
provisions of this section by the type and content of the mail sent, or 
to be sent.
    (f) Any mass mailing which otherwise would be permitted to be mailed 
as franked mail under this section shall not be so mailed unless the 
cost of preparing and printing the mail matter is paid exclusively from 
funds appropriated by Congress, except that an otherwise frankable mass 
mailing may contain, as an enclosure or supplement, any public service 
material which is purely instructional or informational in nature, and 
which in content is frankable under this section.
    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local 
law, or any regulation thereunder, the equivalent amount of postage 
determined under section 3216 of this title on franked mail mailed under 
the frank of the Vice President or a Member of Congress, and the cost of 
preparing or printing such frankable matter for such mailing under the 
frank, shall not be considered as a contribution to, or an expenditure 
by, the Vice President or a Member of Congress for the purpose of 
determining any limitation on expenditures or contributions with respect 
to any such official, imposed by any Federal, State, or local law or 
regulation, in connection with any campaign of such official for 
election to any Federal office.

(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 92-51, Sec. 101, 
July 9, 1971, 85 Stat. 132; Pub. L. 93-191, Sec. 1(a), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 
Stat. 737; Pub. L. 94-177, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1032; Pub. L. 95-521, 
title VII, Sec. 714(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1884; Pub. L. 97-69, 
Secs. 1-3(a), 4, Oct. 26, 1981, 95 Stat. 1041-1043; Pub. L. 97-263, 
Sec. 1(1), (2), Sept. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 1132; Pub. L. 101-163, title 
III, Sec. 318, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1067; Pub. L. 101-520, title 
III, Secs. 311(h)(1), 316, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2280, 2283; Pub. L. 
102-392, title III, Sec. 309(a), Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1722; Pub. L. 
104-197, title I, Sec. 102(a), Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2401.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(6)(A)(i). Pub. L. 104-197, Sec. 102(a)(1), 
inserted ``(or, in the case of a Member of the House, fewer than 90 
days)'' after ``60 days''.
    Subsec. (a)(6)(A)(ii)(II). Pub. L. 104-197, Sec. 102(a)(2), 
substituted ``90 days'' for ``60 days''.
    1992--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 102-392, Sec. 309(a)(1), substituted 
``from which the Member was elected'' for ``of the Member, except that--
        ``(A) a Member of the House of Representatives may send mass 
    mailings to any area in a county, if any part of the county adjoins 
    or is inside the congressional district of the Member; and
        ``(B) in the case of redistricting, on and after the date 
    referred to in subsection (d)(1)(B), a Member of the House of 
    Representatives may send mass mailings to the additional area 
    described in that section''.
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 102-392, Sec. 309(a)(2), struck out subpar. 
(A) designation, substituted ``the Member'' for ``he'' and a period for 
``; and'', and struck out subpar. (B) which read as follows: ``with 
respect to a Member of the House of Representatives on and after the 
date on which the proposed redistricting of congressional districts in 
his State by legislative or judicial proceedings is initially completed 
(whether or not the redistricting is actually in effect), within any 
additional area of each congressional district proposed or established 
in such redistricting and containing all or part of the area 
constituting the congressional district from which he was elected, 
unless and until the congressional district so proposed or established 
is changed by legislative or judicial proceedings.''
    1990--Subsec. (a)(6)(E). Pub. L. 101-520, Sec. 311(h)(1), amended 
subpar. (E) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (E) read as follows: 
``For purposes of this section, the term `mass mailing' means 
newsletters and similar mailings of more than five hundred pieces in 
which the content of the matter mailed is substantially identical but 
shall not apply to mailings--
        ``(i) which are in direct response to communications from 
    persons to whom the matter is mailed;
        ``(ii) to colleagues in the Congress or to government officials 
    (whether Federal, State, or local); or
        ``(iii) of news releases to the communications media.''
    Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 101-520, Sec. 316, added par. (7).
    1989--Subsec. (a)(6)(A)(i), (ii)(II), (C). Pub. L. 101-163, 
Sec. 318(1)-(3), substituted ``is postmarked fewer'' for ``is mailed 
fewer''.
    Subsec. (a)(6)(F). Pub. L. 101-163, Sec. 318(4), added subpar. (F).
    1982--Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 97-263 inserted reference to Law 
Revision Counsel of House of Representatives.
    1981--Subsec. (a)(3)(F). Pub. L. 97-69, Sec. 1, struck out provision 
relating to mail matter expressing condolences to a person who has 
suffered a loss.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 97-69, Sec. 2(a), inserted provision 
relating to brief references in otherwise frankable mail in subpar. 
(B)(i), and struck out subpar. (D) which related to mass mailing mailed 
at or delivered to any postal facility less than 28 days immediately 
before the date of any primary or general election in which the Member 
or Member-elect was a candidate for public office. See subsec. (a)(6) of 
this section.
    Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 97-69, Sec. 2(b), added par. (6).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-69, Sec. 3(a), substituted ``Congress'' for 
``the House'' in provisions of par. (1) preceding subpar. (A), 
substituted ``congressional district or State'' for ``congressional 
district'' in par. (1)(A), inserted ``with respect to a Member of the 
House of Representatives'' after ``(B)'' in par. (1)(B), substituted 
``Congress'' for ``House of Representatives'' and ``congressional 
district or the State'' for ``congressional district'' in par. (2), 
added pars. (4), (5), and (6), and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) 
as (7) and (8), respectively.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97-69, Sec. 4(a), struck out provisions under 
which the cost of preparing or printing mail matter which was frankable 
under this section could be paid from any funds, including but not 
limited to funds collected by a candidate or a political committee 
required to file reports of receipts and expenditures under the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-225), or from voluntary 
newsletter funds, or from similar funds administered or controlled by a 
Member or by a committee organized to administer such funds.
    Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 97-69, Sec. 4(b), added subsec. (f) and 
redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g).
    1978--Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 95-521 inserted reference to 
Senate Legal Counsel.
    1975--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 94-177, Sec. 1(a), struck out ``and'' 
before ``each of the elected officers'', and ``until the 1st day of 
April following the expiration of their respective terms of office'' 
after ``(other than a Member of the House)''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 94-177, Sec. 1(b), added par. (3).
    1973--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-191 added subsec. (a). Former first 
sentence provided in part for franked mail (1) matter, not exceeding 4 
pounds in weight, upon official or departmental business, to a 
Government official, and (2) correspondence, not exceeding 4 ounces in 
weight, upon official business to any person.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 93-191 incorporated part of former first 
sentence in provisions designated as subsec. (b)(1), substituted 
reference to elected officers of House of Representatives (other than a 
Member of House) for former references to Clerk of House of 
Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms of House of Representatives, 
included reference to Legislative Counsel of Senate, substituted the 1st 
day of April for the thirtieth day of June, and substituted internal 
reference to subsec. (a)(2) and (3) of this section for former provision 
respecting franked mail (1) matter, not exceeding 4 pounds in weight, 
upon official or departmental business, to a Government official, and 
(2) correspondence, not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, upon official 
business to any person.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 93-191 incorporated former second sentence 
in provisions designated as subsec. (b)(2), substituted provision 
respecting vacancy in Office of an elected officer of House of 
Representatives (other than a Member of House) for former provision 
respecting vacancy in office of Clerk of House of Representatives and 
Sergeant at Arms of House of Representatives and included provision for 
vacancy in Office of Legislative Counsel of Senate.
    Subsecs. (c) to (f). Pub. L. 93-191 added subsecs. (c) to (f).
    1971--Pub. L. 92-51 inserted reference to Legislative Counsel of 
House of Representatives.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 102(b) of Pub. L. 104-197 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on 
October 1, 1996, and shall apply with respect to any mailing postmarked 
on or after that date.''


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Section 309(b) of Pub. L. 102-392 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 6, 1992].''


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by section 311(h)(1) of Pub. L. 101-520 applicable with 
respect to sessions of Congress beginning with the first session of the 
One Hundred Second Congress, see section 59e(i) of Title 2, The 
Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 97-69 provided that: ``This section 
[amending this section] shall become effective 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act [Oct. 26, 1981].''


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-521 effective Jan. 3, 1979, see section 717 
of Pub. L. 95-521, set out as an Effective Date note under section 288 
of Title 2, The Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Section 14 of Pub. L. 93-191 provided that:
    ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 
provisions of this Act [enacting section 3219 of this title and sections 
501 and 502 of Title 2, The Congress, amending this section, sections 
3206, 3211, 3212, 3215, 3216, and 3218 of this title, and sections 733 
and 907 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, and repealing 
section 277 of Title 2] shall become effective on the date of enactment 
of this Act [Dec. 18, 1973].
    ``(b) The provisions of section 3214 of title 39, United States 
Code, as amended by section 4 of this Act; and the provisions of 
subsection (b) of section 3216 of title 39, United States Code, as 
amended by section 7 of this Act, shall take effect as of December 27, 
1972.''


                              Separability

    Section 15 of Pub. L. 93-191 provided that: ``If a provision of this 
Act [enacting section 3219 of this title and sections 501 and 502 of 
Title 2, The Congress, amending this section, sections 3206, 3211, 3212, 
3214 to 3216, and 3218 of this title, and sections 733 and 907 of Title 
44, Public Printing and Documents, and repealing section 277 of Title 2] 
is held invalid, all valid provisions severable from the invalid 
provision remain in effect. If a provision of this Act is held invalid 
in one or more of its applications, such provision remains in effect in 
all valid applications severable from the invalid application or 
applications.''


                        Mass Mailings by Senators

    Pub. L. 103-283, title I, Secs. 5, 6, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1427, 
provided that:
    ``Sec. 5. Effective October 1, 1994, each of the figures contained 
in section 506(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is increased by $50,000: Provided, 
That, in any fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1995, a Senator may 
use funds provided for official office expenses, but not to exceed 
$50,000, for mass mailing, as defined in section 6(b)(1) and all such 
mass mailings shall be under the frank.
    ``Sec. 6. (a) This section shall apply to mailings by Senators, made 
during fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter in addition to 
any other law relating to the use of the franking privilege.
    ``(b) For the purposes of this paragraph--
        ``(1) the term `mass mailing'--
            ``(A) means, with respect to a session of Congress, a 
        mailing of more than 500 newsletters or other pieces of mail 
        with substantially identical content (whether such mail is 
        deposited singly or in bulk, or at the same time or different 
        times), but
            ``(B) does not include a mailing--
                ``(i) of matter in direct response to a communication 
            from a person to whom the matter is mailed;
                ``(ii) to other Members of Congress or to a Federal, 
            State, or local government official;
                ``(iii) of a news release to the communications media;
                ``(iv) of a town meeting notice, but no such mailing may 
            be made fewer than 60 days immediately before the date of 
            any primary election or general election (whether regular, 
            special, or runoff) for any Federal, State, or local office 
            in which a Member of the Senate is a candidate for election; 
            or
                ``(v) of a Federal publication or other item that is 
            provided by the Senate to all Senators or made available by 
            the Senate for purchase by all Senators from official funds 
            specifically for distribution.
    ``(c) Except as provided in section 5, a Senator may not mail a mass 
mailing under the frank.
    ``(d) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration shall 
prescribe rules and regulations and take other action as the Committee 
considers necessary and proper for Senators to comply with this section 
and regulations.''
    Section 316(a), formerly section 316(a), (b), of Pub. L. 101-163, as 
renumbered and amended by Pub. L. 101-520, title III, Sec. 311(h)(3), 
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2280; Pub. L. 102-392, title III, Sec. 308(a), 
Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1722, provided that: ``Effective January 1, 
1990, a mass mailing (as defined in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, 
United States Code) by a Senator shall be limited to 2 sheets of paper 
(or their equivalent), including any enclosure that--
        ``(1) is prepared by or for the Senator who makes the mailing; 
    or
        ``(2) contains information concerning, expresses the views of, 
    or otherwise relates to the Senator who makes the mailing.''
    [Section 308(b) of Pub. L. 102-392 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending section 316(a) of Pub. L. 101-163, set 
out above] shall take effect on October 1, 1992.'']

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3201, 3212, 3219 of this 
title; title 2 sections 31b-4, 59e, 59g, 59h, 282d, 501, 502; title 44 
section 907.



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