To prohibit Members of the House of Representatives from using official funds for the production or mailing of newsletters, to reduce by 50 percent the amount which may be made available for the Official Mail Allowance of any such Member, and for other purposes.

Summary

Prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives from using any official funds for the production or mailing of a newsletter. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to change the Official Mail Allowance for Members of the House of Representatives to not more than the product of: (1) one and one-half times the single-piece rate applicable to first class mail (currently, three times such rate); and (2) the number of addresses in the congressional district. Requires any unobligated funds remaining in the Official Mail Allowance of a Member of the House at the end of a session of Congress to be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury and applied toward the reduction of the Federal budget deficit.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 12 February 1997

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  Introduced in House · EN · 12 February 1997

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 12 February 1997

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