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PUBLIC LAW 86-682-SEPT. 2, 1960
§ 4163. Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress Members of Congress may send as franked mail the Congressional Record, or any part thereof, or speeches or reports therein contained. § 4164. Seeds and reports from Department of Agriculture Seeds and agricultural reports emanating from the Department of Agriculture may be mailed— (1) as penalty mail by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) until the 30th day of June following the expiration of their terms of office as franked mail by Members of Congress. § 4165. Mailing privilege of former Presidents A former President may send all his mail within the United States and its Territories and possessions as franked mail. § 4166. Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful A person entitled to use a frank may not lend it or permit its use by any committee, organization, or association, or permit its use by any person for the benefit or use of any committee, organization, or association. This section does not apply to any committee composed of Members of Congress. § 4167. Reimbursement for franked mailings (a) The postage on mail matter sent and received through the mails under the franking privilege by the Vice President, Members, and Members-elect of Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, including registry fees if registration is required, shall be paid by a lump-sum appropriation to the legislative branch for that purpose, and credited to the Department as postal revenue. (b) The postage on mail matter sent through the mails under the franking privilege by former Presidents shall be paid by reimbursement of the postal revenues each fiscal year out of the general funds of the Treasury in an amount equivalent to the postage which would otherwise be payable on the mail matter. § 4168. Correspondence of members of diplomatic corps and consuls of countries of Postal Union of Americas and Spain Correspondence of the members of the diplomatic corps of the countries of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain stationed in the United States may be reciprocally transmitted in the domestic mails free of postage, and be entitled to free registration without right to indemnity in case of loss. The same privilege is accorded consuls and vice consuls when they are discharging the function of consuls of countries stationed in the United States, for official correspondence among themselves, and with the Government of the United States. CHAPTER 59—FIRST CLASS MAIL Sec.
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Definition. Weight limit. Postage rates on first class mail. Business reply mail.
§ 4251. Definition (a) First class mail consists of mailable (1) postal cards, (2) post cards, (3) matter wholly or partially in writing or typewriting, except as provided in sections 4366, 4453, and 4555 of this title, and (4) matter closed against postal inspection. (b) A postal card is a card supplied by the Department with a postage stamp pointed or impressed on it for the transmission of mes-
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