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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 594

PUBLIC LAW 95-360—SEPT. 9, 1978 •O • ycf

Public Law 95-360 95th Congress An Act Sept. 9, 1978 [S. 2543]

Fraudulent solicitations through the mails, prevention.

j, ^ amend title 39 of the United States Code to provide better enforcement procedures for preventing fraudulent solicitations through the mails.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoiise of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3005(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "including the mailing of matter which is nonmailable under section 3001(d) of this title," after "false representations,"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "For purposes of the preceding sentence, the mailing of matter which is nonmailable under such section 3001(d) by any person shall constitute prima facie evidence that such person is engaged in conducting a scheme or device for obtaining money or property through the mail by false representations.". Approved September 9, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1401 accompanying H.R. 13369 (Comm. on Post Office and Civil Service). SENATE REPORT No. 95-1077 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): Aug. 14, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 17, considered and passed House.