Title 39 — Postal ServiceRelease 119-73
§3212 Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress
Title 39 › Part PART IV— - MAIL MATTER › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL › § 3212
Summary
Members of Congress can mail the Congressional Record without paying postage by using the franking privilege. They may also mail any part or a reprint of it, including speeches or reports, if those items are allowed to be sent as franked mail under section 3210.
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Title 39, §3212
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(a)Members of Congress may send the Congressional Record as franked mail.
(b)Members of Congress may send, as franked mail, any part of, or a reprint of any part of, the Congressional Record, including speeches or reports contained therein, if such matter is mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1973—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–191 incorporated existing text in provisions designated as subsec. (a). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–191 incorporated existing text in provisions designated as subsec. (b), authorized sending, as franked mail, reprints of parts of Congressional Record, and authorized the mailing of Congressional Record if the listed matter is mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1973 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–191 effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14 of Pub. L. 93–191, set out as a note under section 3210 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.
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Citation
39 U.S.C. § 3212
Title 39 — Postal Service
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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