[Deschler's Precedents]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access]
[DOCID:52093c12_txt-6]
[Page 1706]
CHAPTER 12
Conduct or Discipline of Members, Officers, or Employees
A. INTRODUCTORY; PARTICULAR KINDS OF MISCONDUCT
Sec. 5. Abuse of Mailing or Franking Privileges
The House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards provides
guidance and assistance on the use of franking privileges by Members.
The commission is authorized to prescribe regulations governing the
proper use of the franking privilege.(1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. 2 USC Sec. Sec. 501 et seq., Pub. L. No. 93-191, 87 Stat. 742
(1973), Pub. L. No. 93-255, 88 Stat. 52 (1974).
The Select Committee on Standards and Conduct of the Senate
performs the same function for the Senate (2 USC Sec. 502).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Complaints respecting alleged misuse of the franking provisions in
title 39 of the United States Code (2) are considered by the
commission for the Members, and its decisions on facts are final. If
the commission finds that a serious and willful violation has occurred
or is about to occur, it refers the matter to the House Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct.(3)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. 39 USC Sec. Sec. 3210-3213(2), 3215, 3218, 3219.
3. 2 USC Sec. 501(e).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------