PUBLIC LAW 97-69—OCT. 26, 1981
95 STAT. 1043
SEC. 4. (a) Section 3210(e) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out the last sentence. (b) Section 3210 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g), and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: "(f) Any mass mailing which otherwise would be permitted to be Restrictions. mailed as franked mail under this section shall not be so mailed unless the cost of preparing and printing the mail matter is paid exclusively from funds appropriated by Congress, except that an otherwise frankable mass mailing may contain, as an enclosure or supplement, any public service material which is purely instructional or informational in nature, and which in content is frankable under this section.". SEC. 5. (a) Section 3211 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "until the first day of April" and substituting "during the 90-day period immediately". (b) Section 3213(2) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "until the thirtieth day of June" and substituting "during the 90-day period immediately. SEC. 6. (a) Section 3216(a)(1)(B) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "surviving spouse" and substituting "survivors". (b) Section 3218 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "such Member" the following: "(or, if there is no surviving spouse, a member of the immediate family of the Member designated by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Secretary or the Clerk)". (c)(1) The heading for section 3218 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "surviving spouses" and substituting "survivors". (2) The table of sections for chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 3218 and substituting the following new item: "3218. Franked mail for survivors of Members of Congress.".
SEC. 7. (a)(1) Section 5(d) of the Act entitled "An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the proper use of the franking privilege by Members of Congress, and for other purposes", approved December 18, 1973 (Public Law 93-191; 87 Stat. 742), is amended by 2 USC 50i. striking out "and" the second place it appears therein, and by inserting after "United States Code," the following: "and in connection with any other Federal law (other than any law which imposes any criminal penalty) or any rule of the House of Representatives relating to franked mail,". (2) The first sentence of section 5(e) of such Act is amended by inserting after "of this section" the following: "(or any other Federal law which does not include any criminal penalty or any rule of the House of Representatives relating to franked mail)". (b) Section 5(d) of such Act is amended— (1) by inserting "any former Member of the House or former Member-elect, Resident Commissioner or Resident Commissioner-elect, Delegate or Delegate-elect, any" after "Delegateelect,"; (2) by inserting "(or any individual designated by the Clerk of the House under section 3218 of title 39, United States Code)" after "any of the foregoing"; (3) by inserting "any before "other House official"; and
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