§ 504. Mass mailings by Senate offices; quarterly statements; publication of summary tabulations

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991

   Pub. L. 101–520 title III § 318 · 104 Stat. 2254

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 504

   Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 318, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2283

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 318, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2283

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 318. Two weeks after the close of each calendar quarter, or as 2 USC 59f. soon as practicable thereafter, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall send to each Senate office a statement of the cost of postage and paper and of the other operating expenses incurred as a result of mass mailings processed for such Senate office during such quarter. The statement shall separately identify the cost of postage and paper and other costs, and shall distinguish the costs attributable to newsletters and all other mass mailings. The statement shall also include the total cost per capita in the State. A compilation of all such statements shall be sent to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. A summary tabulation of such information shall be published quarterly in the Congressional Record and included in the semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate. Such summary tabulation shall set forth for each Senate office the following information: the Senate office’s name, the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the quarter, the total cost of such mail, and, in the case of Senators, the cost of such mail divided by the total population of the State from which the Senator was elected, and the total number of pieces of mass mail divided by the total population of the State from which the Senator was elected.

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–283 title I § 3(b) · 108 Stat. 1423

   Inserted · 2 U.S.C. § 504

   Pub. L. 103–283 inserted before period at end “, and in the case of each Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the appropriation for official mail expenses”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–283 inserted before period at end “, and in the case of each Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the appropriation for official mail expenses”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Application of Laws.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or supersede any other provision of law otherwise applicable to the Architect of the Capitol or its employees, unless expressly provided in this section.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 103–283, title I, § 3(c), July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1427, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and section 4108 of this title] shall be effective with respect to—

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision