104 STAT. 2280 PUBLIC LAW 101-520—NOV. 5, 1990 Representatives), shall be available, in a session of Congress, in a total amount determined under paragraph (1)(A); and (D) shall not be available for payment of any nonpostage fee or charge, including any fee or charge for express mail, express mail drop shipment, certified mail, registered mail, return receipt, address correction, or postal insurance. (3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), each Member of the House of Representatives may transfer amounts from the Official Expenses Allowance and the Clerk Hire Allowance of the Member to the Official Mail Allowance of the Member. (B) The total amount a Member may so transfer with respect to a session of Congress may not exceed $25,000. (4) The Official Expenses Allowance shall be available to a Member of the House of Representatives for the payment of nonpostage fees and charges referred to in paragraph (2)(D) and for postage for mail for official business sent outside the United States. (f) A Member of the House of Representatives shall, before making any mass mailing, submit a sample or description of the mail matter involved to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards for an advisory opinion as to whether such proposed mailing is in compliance with applicable provisions of law, rule, or regulation. (g) As used in subsections (a) through if)— (1) the term "Member of the House of Representatives" means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and (2) the term "person entitled to use the congressional frank" means a Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, or other person authorized to use the frank under section 3210(b) of title 39, United States Code. (h)(1) Section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(E) As used in this section, the term 'mass mailing' means, with respect to a session of Congress, any mailing of newsletters or other pieces of mail with substantially identical content (whether such mail is deposited jsingly or in bulk, or at the same time or different times), totaling more than 500 pieces in that session, except that such term does not include any mailing— "(i) of matter in direct response to a communication from a person to whom the matter is mailed; "(ii) from a Member of Congress to other Members of Congress, or to Federal, State, or local government officials; or "(iii) of a news release to the communications media.". (2) Section 506(a)(3) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(a)(3)) is amended by striking out "postage on," and all that.follows through "Senate, and". (3) Section 316 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (39 U.S.C. 3210 note) is amended— (A) by striking out subsection (a); and (B) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively. (i) This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to sessions of Congress beginning with the first session of the One Hundred Second Congress, except that, with respect to the Senate, subsection (d) shall apply with respect to sessions of Congress beginning with the second session of the One Hundred Second Congress, and the funds referred to in paragraph
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