§ 506. Mass mailing sent by House Members

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. 1996

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997

   Pub. L. 104–197 title III § 311 · 110 Stat. 2394

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 506

   Pub. L. 104–197, title III, § 311, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2414

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 104–197, title III, § 311, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2414

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent place on its face, or on the envelope or outside cover or wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, the following notice: “THIS MAILING WAS PREPARED, PUBLISHED, AND MAILED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.”, or a notice to the same effect in words which may be prescribed under subsection (c). The notice shall be printed in a type size not smaller than 7-point. (b) (1) There shall be published in the itemized report of disbursements of the House of Representatives as required by law, a summary tabulation setting forth, for the office of each Member of the House of Representatives, the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the period involved and the total cost of those mass mailings. (2) Each such tabulation shall also include— (A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the Congressional district from which the Member was elected (as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code); and (B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the Congressional district from which the Member was elected (as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7XB) of title 39, United States Code). (c) The Committee on House Oversight shall prescribe such Rules and regulations. rules and regulations and shall take such other action as the Committee considers necessary and proper for Members to conform to the provisions of this subsection and applicable rules and regulations. (d) For purposes of this section— (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 “mass mailing” has the meaning given such term by section 3210(aX6)(E) of title 39, United States Code. (e) This section shall apply with respect to sessions of Congress Applicability. beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

2. 2020

   Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2021

   Pub. L. 116–260 div. I title I § 116(d) · 134 Stat. 1182

   1. Amended · 2 U.S.C. § 506(a)

      Pub. L. 116–260 designated existing provisions as par. (1)

   2. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 506(a)

      Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “one of the notices described in paragraph (2) or a notice” for “the following notice: “this mailing was prepared, published, and mailed at taxpayer expense.”, or a notice”

   3. Added · 2 U.S.C. § 506(a)

      Pub. L. 116–260 added par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–260 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “one of the notices described in paragraph (2) or a notice” for “the following notice: “this mailing was prepared, published, and mailed at taxpayer expense.”, or a notice”, and added par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 116. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used by the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 116–260 applicable with respect to communications disseminated on or after Dec. 27, 2020, see section 116(f) of div. I of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 501 of this title.

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