[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 73-75]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
40 RULE XL
FRANKING PRIVILEGE AND RADIO AND TELEVISION STUDIOS \43\
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\43\ Section 3210 of Title 39, U.S.C., contains
statutory provisions are parallel to certain provisions of
rule XL relating to the franking privilege. See Senate
Manual Sec. 1096.
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40.1 1. A Senator or an individual who is a candidate for
nomination for election, or election, to the Senate may not
use the frank for any mass mailing (as defined in section
3210(a)(6)(E) \44\ of Title 39, United States Code) if such
mass mailing is mailed at or delivered to any postal
facility less than sixty days immediately before the date of
any primary or general election (whether regular, special,
or runoff) in which the Senator is a candidate for public
office or the individual is a candidate for Senator, unless
the candidacy of the Senator in such election is
uncontested.\45\
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\44\ Citation corrected by S. Res. 187, 101-1, Oct. 2,
1989, pursuant to Pub. L. 97-69, Oct. 26, 1981.
\45\ As amended, S. Res. 224, 103-2, June 21, 1994.
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40.2 2. A Senator shall use only official funds of the
Senate, including his official Senate allowances, to
purchase paper, to print, or to prepare any mass mailing
material which is to be sent out under the frank.
40.3a 3. (a) When a Senator disseminates information under the
frank by a mass mailing (as defined in section 3210(a)(6)(E)
of Title 39, United States Code), the Senator shall register
quarterly \46\ with the Secretary of the Senate such mass
mailings. Such registration shall be made by filing with the
Secretary a copy of the matter mailed and providing, on a
form supplied by the Secretary, a description of the group
or groups of persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed.
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\46\ Pursuant to Pub. L. 101-520, Nov. 5, 1990, 2 U.S.C.
59g, See Senate Manual Sec. 304.
40.3b (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall promptly make
available for public inspection and copying a copy of the
mail matter registered, and a description of the group or
groups of persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed.
40.4 4. Nothing in this rule shall apply to any mailing under
the frank which is (a) in direct response to inquiries or
requests from persons to whom the matter is mailed; (b)
addressed to colleagues in Congress or to government
officials (whether Federal, State, or local); or (c)
consists entirely of news releases to the communications
media.
40.5 5. The Senate computer facilities shall not be used (a)
to store, maintain, or otherwise process any lists or
categories of lists of names and addresses identifying the
individuals included in such lists as campaign workers or
contributors, as members of a political party, or by any
other partisan political designation, (b) to produce
computer printouts except as authorized by user guides
approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration, or
(c) to produce mailing labels for mass mailings, or computer
tapes and discs, for use other than in service facilities
maintained and operated by the Senate or under contract to
the Senate. The Committee on Rules and Administration shall
prescribe such regulations not inconsistent with the
purposes of this paragraph as it determines necessary to
carry out such purposes.
40.6a 6. (a) The radio and television studios provided by the
Senate or by the House of Representatives may not be used by
a Senator or an individual who is a candidate for nomination
for election, or election, to the Senate less than sixty
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days immediately before the date of any primary or general
election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which that
Senator is a candidate for public office or that individual
is a candidate for Senator, unless the candidacy of the
Senator in such election is uncontested.\47\
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\47\ As amended, S. Res. 224, 103-2, June 21, 1994.
40.6b (b) This paragraph shall not apply if the facilities are
to be used at the request of, and at the expense of, a
licensed broadcast organization or an organization exempt
from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954.