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HR 1302 93th Congress Government Operations and Politics

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to restrict the mailing of chain letters containing statements implying or predicting harm or misfortune to recipients failing to transmit the letters or…

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A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to restrict the mailing of chain letters containing statements implying or predicting harm or misfortune to recipients failing to transmit the letters or copies thereof according to instructions therein, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 1973 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1302: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to restrict the mailing of chain letters containing statements implying or predicting harm or misfortune to recipients failing to transmit the letters or copies thereof according to instructions therein, and for other purposes.. 93rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1302/
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"H.R. 1302: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to restrict the mailing of chain letters containing statements implying or predicting harm or misfortune to recipients failing to transmit the letters or copies thereof according to instructions therein, and for other purposes.." 93rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1302/.
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H.R. 1302, 93rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1302/.
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[H.R. 1302: A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to restrict the mailing of chain letters containing statements implying or predicting harm or misfortune to recipients failing to transmit the letters or copies thereof according to instructions therein, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1302/)
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