HR 4104
102th Congress
House
Congress
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional districts
Congressional newsletters and questionnaires
Franking privilege
House of Representatives
Members of Congress (House)
Postal rates and revenues
To prohibit Members of the House of Representatives from making franked mass mailings outside their congressional districts and to prohibit payment from official allowances for mass mailings by Members of the House of Representatives outside their congressional districts.
Introduced: January 22, 1992
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Introduced
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Became law
Jan 28, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Jan 28, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 22, 1992
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Federal law to prohibit a Member of the House of Representatives from sending any franked mass mailing outside the Member's congressional district.
Authorizes a Member of Congress to mail franked mail with a simplified form of address for delivery within his or her congressional district only. (Current law permits such mailings throughout the Member's State.)
Prohibits the Committee on House Administration from approving any payment for, and a Member from making any expenditure from, any allowance of the House or any other official funds if any portion is for any cost related to a mass mailing by a Member of the House outside his or her congressional district.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Committees of jurisdiction
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