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HRES 851 108th Congress House Congress Congressional committees Congressional districts Congressional elections Congressional mail Franking privilege Government Operations and Politics House of Representatives House rules and procedure

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit any committee from sending more than 999 copies of any mass mailing to addresses within the same Congressional district, from sending any mass mailing to an address within a Congressional district if the mailing is postmarked fewer than 90 days immediately before the date of a House election in the district, and from sending any mass mailing as franked mail which does not meet the standards applicable to franked mail sent by elected officers of the House.

Introduced: October 8, 2004 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit House Committees from sending: (1) more than 999 copies of any mass mailing to addresses within the same congressional district, unless authorized to do so by resolution of the House with respect to the specific mailing; (2) any mass mailing to an address within a congressional district if the mailing is postmarked fewer than 90 days immediately before the date of a House election held in such district; or (3) any mass mailing as franked mail which does not conform to the rules, regulations, and standards prescribed by the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards for franked mail sent by elected officers of the House.

What's happening now October 8, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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