Permitting the use of the frank for mailings which include solicitations for charities responding to a major…

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Permitting the use of the frank for mailings which include solicitations for charities responding to a major disaster which is the subject of a Presidential declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

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D BrownSponsor

8 cosponsors · 8 D

D Millender-McDonald LS

D Slaughter SJ

D Jackson Lee MOD Owens WC

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 15, 2005

Prohibits the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards from finding that the mailing by a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner) is not frankable solely because it includes a solicitation of funds for or on behalf of an entity to support relief efforts and activities in response to a major disaster for which the President has made a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (or, in the case of a mailing sent electronically, includes a link to such a solicitation on an Internet site), if the entity is included in the list of relief organizations responding to the disaster which is maintained or referred to in official notices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Permitting the use of the frank for mailings which include solicitations for charities responding to a major disaster which is the subject of a Presidential declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

Latest action (Sep 15, 2005): Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Policy area: Congress · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 15, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.