2011 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part IV - MAIL MATTER (§§ 3001 - 3691)
Chapter 32 - PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL (§§ 3201 - 3220)
Section 3215 - Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART IV - MAIL MATTER CHAPTER 32 - PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL Sec. 3215 - Lending or permitting use of frank unlawful |
| Contains | section 3215 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 93-191, §10, Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 746. |
| Statutes at Large References | 84 Stat. 754 87 Stat. 746 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-375, Public Law 93-191 |
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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 standing, select, special, or joint committee, or subcommittee thereof, or commission, of the Senate, House of Representatives, or Congress, composed of Members of Congress, or to the Democratic caucus or the Republican conference of the House of Representatives or of the Senate.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 93–191, §10, Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 746.)
Amendments1973—Pub. L. 93–191 substituted provision for nonapplication of section to “any standing, select, special, or joint committee, or subcommittee thereof, or commission, of the Senate, House of Representatives, or Congress, composed of Members of Congress, or to the Democratic caucus or the Republican conference of the House of Representatives or of the Senate” for such nonapplication to “any committee composed of Members of Congress”.
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.
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