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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4872 (Introduced in House) — To eliminate the use of the frank for mail transmitted by Members of Congress and Congressional officials, and for ot... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Conforming Amendments Relating to Operation of Congress

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Section 5 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 ( 39 U.S.C. 3210 note) is amended by striking under the frank and inserting mailed as Congressional mail under . chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code Section 6 of such Act ( 39 U.S.C. 3210 note) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking the franking privilege and inserting Congressional mail ; and in subsection (c), by striking under the frank and inserting as Congressional mail under . chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 ( 2 U.S.C. 503 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking entitled to use the congressional frank each place it appears and inserting entitled to send Congressional mail ; in subsection (a)(3), by striking the frank and inserting Congressional mail under ; chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code in subsection (b)(1), by striking entitled to use the congressional frank and inserting entitled to send Congressional mail ; in subsection (b)(3), by striking official mail and inserting Congressional mail under ; chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, in subsection (c), by striking official mail and inserting Congressional mail under ; chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, in subsection (d), by striking franked mail and inserting Congressional mail under ; chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, in subsection (e)— by striking official mail each place it appears and inserting Congressional mail under ; and chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, by striking entitled to use the congressional frank each place it appears and inserting entitled to send Congressional mail ; and by amending subsection (g)(2) to read as follows: the term person entitled to send Congressional mail means a Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, or other person authorized to send Congressional mail under section 3210(b) of title 39, United States Code. .
Section 5 of Public Law 93–191 ( 2 U.S.C. 501 ) is amended— in subsection (d)— by striking franked mail each place it appears and inserting Congressional mail ; and by striking the franking privilege and inserting the privilege to send Congressional mail ; and in subsection (e)— in the first sentence, by striking franked mail and inserting Congressional mail ; and in the tenth sentence, by striking franking laws and all that follows through franked mail and inserting or abuse of the Congressional mailing laws by any person listed under subsection
(d)of this section as entitled to send mail as Congressional mail . Section 6 of Public Law 93–191 ( 2 U.S.C. 502 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking franked mail both places it appears and inserting Congressional mail ; and by striking the franking privilege and inserting Congressional mail ; and in subsection (c), by striking franking laws and all that follows through franked mail and inserting or abuse of the Congressional mailing laws by any person listed under subsection
(a)of this section as entitled to send mail as Congressional mail . Section 4 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, as enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971 ( 2 U.S.C. 5127 ), is amended by striking franked mail each place it appears and inserting Congressional mail . Section 2(2) of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 5346(b)(2)), is amended by striking franked mail and inserting Congressional mail under . chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code Section 525 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 ( 2 U.S.C. 282d ) is amended by striking franked mail and inserting Congressional mail . Subsection (a)(6) of the first section of Public Law 100–137 ( 2 U.S.C. 6313(6) ) is amended by striking the payment of franked mail expenses of Senators and inserting the payment of expenses of Senators for Congressional mail under . chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code Section 506(a)(3) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 ( 2 U.S.C. 6314(a)(3) ) is amended by striking
(B)postage on and all that follows through and
(C). Section 7(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 ( 2 U.S.C. 6319(d) ) is amended by striking franked mail and inserting Congressional mail under . chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code Section 320 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 ( 2 U.S.C. 505 ) is amended by striking under the frank and inserting as Congressional mail . Section 6(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 ( 2 U.S.C. 4334 ) is amended by striking franked mail expenses and inserting expenses for Congressional mail under . chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code
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