PUBLIC LAW 101-520—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 2279 (b) The Postmaster General, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives— (1) shall monitor use of official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank; (2) at least monthly, shall notify any person with an allocation under subsection (a)(2) as to the percentage of the allocation that has been used; and (3) may not carry or deliver official mail the cost of which is in excess of an allocation under subsection (a)(2). (c) Expenses of official mail of the Senate and the House of Representatives may be paid only from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose and funds so appropriated— (1) may be supplemented by other appropriated funds only if such supplementation is provided for by law or by regulation under subsection (a); and (2) may not be supplemented by funds from any other source, public or private. (d) No Senator or Member of the House of Representatives may maintain or use, directly or indirectly, an unofficial office account or defray official expenses from— (1) funds received from a political committee or derived from a contribution or expenditure (as such terms are defined in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971); (2) funds received as reimbursement for expenses incurred by the Senator or Member in connection with personal services provided by the Senator or Member to the person making the reimbursement; or (3) any other funds that are not specifically appropriated for official expenses. (e)(1) There is established in the House of Representatives an Official Mail Allowance for Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives who are persons entitled to use the congressional frank. Regulations for use of the Official Mail Allow- Regulations, ance shall be prescribed— (A) by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, with respect to allocation and expenditures relating to the Allowance; and (B) by the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, with respect to matters under section 3210(a)(6)(D) of title 39, United States Code. (2) The Official Mail Allowance— (A) shall be available only for postage for franked mail sent at a first class, third class, or fourth class rate; (B) with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, shall be available, in a session of Congress, in a total amount, as determined under paragraph (1)(A), of not more than the product of (i) 3 times the single-piece rate applicable to first class mail, and (ii) the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the congressional district, as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code; (C) with respect to any other person entitled to use the congressional frank in the House of Representatives (including any Member of the House of Representatives who receives an allocation under subsection (a)(2) with respect to duties as an elected officer of, or holder of another position in, the House of
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