                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 69-1. Availability of funds for franked mail expenses

    Funds in the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, 
available for the expenses of inquiries and investigations shall be 
available for franked mail expenses incurred by committees of the Senate 
the other expenses of which are paid from that account.

(Pub. L. 105-55, title I, Sec. 6(b), Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1181.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 
1998, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1998.


                             Effective Date

    Section 6(c) of Pub. L. 105-55 provided that: ``This section 
[enacting this section] is effective for fiscal years beginning on and 
after October 1, 1997.''
