Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce mass mailing under the frank.

Amends rule XLVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number of pieces of franked mail which may be mailed during any calendar year.

Limits the number of pieces of franked mail which relate solely to a notice of appearance or a scheduled itinerary of a Member of the House that such Member may mail in a calendar year.

 
HRES 227 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 227
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce mass mailing
under the frank.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 3, 1989
Mr. HILER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce mass mailing
under the frank.
  Resolved, That the first sentence of clause 2 of rule XLVI of the Rules of
  the House of Representatives is amended by striking out `six' and inserting
  in lieu thereof `two'.
  SEC. 2. The second sentence of clause 2 of rule XLVI of the Rules of the
  House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: `In addition to
  the number of pieces of mail permitted under the preceding sentence, any
  mail matter which relates solely to a notice of appearance or a scheduled
  itinerary of a Member in the area from which such Member is elected may
  be mailed in the manner described in that sentence, to the extent that the
  number of pieces so mailed by a Member in a calendar year does not exceed
  the number of addresses in that area.'.
  SEC. 3. The amendments made by this resolution shall take effect on January
  1, 1990.