§ 3218. Franked mail for survivors of Members of Congress

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. 1970

   Postal Reorganization Act

   Pub. L. 91–375 · 84 Stat. 719

   Enacted · 39 U.S.C. § 3218

   Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 755

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 755

2. 1973

   Pub. L. 93–191 § 11 · 87 Stat. 737

   Inserted · 39 U.S.C. § 3218

   Pub. L. 93–191 inserted “nonpolitical” before “correspondence”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–191 inserted “nonpolitical” before “correspondence”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 11. Section 3218 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting “nonpolitical” immediately before “correspondence”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 93–191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14 of Pub. L. 93–191, set out as a note under section 3210 of this title.

3. 1981

   Pub. L. 97–69 § 6(b) · 95 Stat. 1041

   1. Substituted · 39 U.S.C. § 3218

      Pub. L. 97–69 substituted “survivors” for “surviving spouses” in section catchline and, in text

   2. Inserted · 39 U.S.C. § 3218

      Pub. L. 97–69 inserted “(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)” after “such Member”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–69 substituted “survivors” for “surviving spouses” in section catchline and, in text, inserted “(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)” after “such Member”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (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)”.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial