,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #h1 #bjah,ms4 
,rosen introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ci1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to prohibit a ,member or 
,member-elect of ,congress from mailing 
as franked mail any material with a     
photographic image1 to establish an     
annual limit on the amount of funds     
which may be expended on franked mail by
 a ,member or ,member-elect of          
,congress1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,no ,free ,campaigns for ,congress  
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,prohibiting        
material with photographic image from   

treatment as franked mail  7a7          
,prohibition ,section #cbaj7;a77#e7 of  
title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking or at the   
end of subparagraph 7,b72  7#b7 by      
striking the period at the end of       
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting 2 or2   
and  7#c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,c7 the following new     
subparagraph3  7,d7 mail matter which   
includes a photograph or photographic   
representation1 other than an electronic
 communication4  4  7b7 ,conforming     
amendment ,section #cbaj7;a77#c7 of such
 title is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph
 7,h71 by adding or at the end2  7#b7 in
 subparagraph 7,i71 by striking 2 or and
 inserting a period2 and  7#c7 by       
striking subparagraph 7,j74  #c4 ,annual
 limit on amount spent on franked mail  
,section #cbaj of title #ci1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   
7h7 ,the total amount of funds that may 
be spent for the costs of franked mail  

sent by any ,member or ,member-elect of 
,congress1 including the costs of       
postage1 preparation1 and handling of   
such mail1 may not exceed #aj1jjj--     
7#a7 during a calendar year 7beginning  
with calendar year #bjai71 in the case  
of a ,member or ,member-elect of the    
,house of ,representatives 7including a 
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to 
the ,congress72 or  7#b7 during a fiscal
 year 7beginning with fiscal year       
#bjai71 in the case of a ,member or     
,member-elect of the ,senate4  4  #d4   
,ban on mass mailings at any time during
 year of election  7a7 ,federal         
elections ,section #cbaj7;a77#f77;,a77i7
 of title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by striking the semicolon at   
the end and inserting the following3 1  
or 7except in the case of a mass mailing
 consisting exclusively of electronic   
communications7 is postmarked at any    
time during the year in which such      
election is held prior to the date of   
the election24  7b7 ,elections for other

 offices in which ,house ,member is a   
candidate ,section                      
#cbaj7;a77#f77;,a77ii77,,ii7 of such    
title is amended by striking the period 
at the end and inserting the following3 
1 or 7except in the case of a mass      
mailing consisting exclusively of       
electronic communications7 is postmarked
 at any time during the year in which   
such election is held prior to the date 
of the election4  #e4 ,clarification of 
ban on sending campaign-related material
 as franked mail ,section #cbaj7;a77#d7 
of title #ci1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by striking purely personal and 
inserting purely personal1 or purely    
related to a campaign for election for  
office14  #f4 ,effective date ,except as
 otherwise provided1 this ,act and the  
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 with respect to matter mailed on or    
after the expiration of the #cj-;day    
period which begins on the date of the  
enactment of this ,act4