Title 39, Postal ServiceRelease 119-102
§3219 Mailgrams
Title 39 › PART IV — MAIL MATTER › CHAPTER 32 — PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL › § 3219
Summary
Mailgrams from the Vice President, Members or Members-elect of Congress, and other congressional officers and counsels, when delivered by the Postal Service, count as postage-free official mail if they contain the kind of content those officials are allowed to send as franked mail.
Full Legal Text
Title 39, §3219
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Any Mailgram sent by the Vice President, a Member of or Member-elect to Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, an elected officer of the House of Representatives (other than a Member of the House), the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives or the Senate, the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives, or the Senate Legal Counsel, and then delivered by the Postal Service, shall be considered as franked mail, subject to section 3216(a)(2) of this title, if such Mailgram contains matter of the kind authorized to be sent by that official as franked mail under section 3210 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1982—Pub. L. 97–263 inserted reference to Law Revision Counsel of House of Representatives. 1978—Pub. L. 95–521 inserted reference to Senate Legal Counsel.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–521 effective Jan. 3, 1979, see section 717 of Pub. L. 95–521, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 288 of Title 2, The Congress.
Effective Date
Section effective Dec. 18, 1973, see section 14 of Pub. L. 93–191, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1976 Amendment note under section 3210 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
39 U.S.C. § 3219
Title 39, Postal Service
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102