A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to provide better enforcement procedures for preventing fraudulent solicitations through the mails.

Summary

States that the mailing of a solicitation of an order of goods or services from an addressee in a form which could be interpreted as a bill and which does not contain a prescribed statement that such solicitation is not a bill shall constitute prima facie evidence that the person mailing such matter is engaged in conducting a scheme or device for obtaining money or property through the mail by false representations.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 10 September 1978

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 February 1978

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