(7) 6,600 square feet if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 11,000,000; (8) 6,800 square feet if such population is 11,000,000 but less than 12,000,000; (9) 7,000 square feet if such population is 12,000,000 but less than 13,000,000; (10) 7,400 square feet if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 15,000,000; (11) 7,800 square feet if such population is 15,000,000 but less than 17,000,000; or (12) 8,200 square feet if such population is 17,000,000 or more. (c) Maximum annual rental rate; maximum aggregate amount 247.3 for acquisition of furniture, equipment, and other office furnishings (1) The maximum annual rate that may be paid for the rental of an office secured for a Senator not in a post office or other Federal building shall not exceed the highest rate per square foot charged Federal agencies on the first day of the lease of such office by the Administrator of General Services, based upon a 100 percent building quality rating, for office space located in the place in which the Senator's office is located, multiplied by the number of square feet contained in that office used by the Senator and his employees to perform their duties. (2) The aggregate amount that may be paid for the acquisition of furniture, equipment, and other office furnishings heretofore provided by the Administrator of General Services for one or more offices secured for the Senator is $40,000 if the aggregate square feet of office space is not in excess of 5,000 square feet. Such amount is increased by $1,000 for each authorized additional incremental increase in office space of 200 square feet. Effective beginning with the 106th Congress, the aggregate amount in effect under this paragraph for any Congress shall be increased by the inflation adjustment factor for the calendar year in which the Congress begins. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the inflation adjustment factor for any calendar year is a fraction the numerator of which is the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product as computed and published by the Department of Commerce for the preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is such deflator for the calendar year 1998. (d) Senators subject to maximum amount of aggregate square 247.4 feet and maximum annual rental rate (1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the aggregate square feet of office space secured for a Senator who is a Senator on July 1, 1974, shall not at any time exceed, as long as he continuously serves as a Senator, the greater of— or (A) the applicable square footage limitation of such subsection; (B) the total square footage of those offices that the Senator has on such date and which are continuously maintained in the same buildings in which such offices were located on such date. (2) The provisions of subsection (c) of this section do not apply to any office that a Senator has on July 1, 1974, not in a post office or other Federal building, as long as (A) that Senator continuously serves as a Senator; and (B) that office is maintained in the same building in which it was located on such date and contains not more than the same number of square feet it contained on such date. 247.5 (e) Omitted. 247.6 (f) Mobile office (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), a Senator may lease one mobile office for use only in the State he represents and the contingent fund of the Senate is available for the rental payments (including by way of reimbursement) made under such lease together with the actual nonpersonnel cost of operating such mobile office. The term of any such lease shall not exceed 3 years. A copy of each such lease shall be furnished to the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. (2) The maximum aggregate annual rental payments and operating costs (except furniture, equipment, and furnishings) that may be paid to a Senator under paragraph (1) shall not at any time exceed an amount determined by multiplying (A) the highest applicable rate per square foot charged Federal agencies by the Administrator of General Services in the State which that Senator represents, based upon a 100 percent building quality rating, by (B) the maximum aggregate square feet of office space to which that Senator is entitled under subsection (b) of this section reduced by the number of square feet contained in offices secured for that Senator under subsection (a) of this section and used by that Senator and his employees to perform their duties. (3) No payment shall be made under paragraph (1) for rental payments and operating costs of a mobile office of a Senator unless the following provisions are included in its lease: (A) Liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 shall be provided with respect to the operation and use of such mobile office. (B) Either of the following inscriptions shall be clearly visible on three sides of such mobile office in letters not less than three inches high: "UNITED STATED GOVERNMENT VEHICLE OR "MOBILE OFFICE OF SENATOR "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (4) No payment shall be made under paragraph (1) for rental payments and operating costs of a mobile office of a Senator which are attributable to or incurred during the 60-day period ending with the date of any primary or general election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which that Senator is a candidate for public office, unless his candidacy in such election is uncontested. (5) Payment under paragraph (1) shall be made on a monthly basis and shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. 247.7 (g) Effective date This section is effective on and after July 1, 1974. (Pub. L. 93–371, §3, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 428; Pub. L. 94-32, Title I, §4, June 12, 1975, 89 Stat. 183; Pub. L. 94-59, Title I, §§ 106(a), 107, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 276; Pub. L. 95-26, Title I, § 105, May 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 83; Pub. L. 95–94, Title I, §112(d), Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 664; Pub. L. 96-304, Title I, § 109, July 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 99-88, Title I, § 194, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 349; Pub. L. 102-27, Title II, Apr. 10, 1991, 105 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 102-90, Title I, § 7(b), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 451; Pub. L. 104-197, Title I, §3, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397; Pub. L. 106-57, Title I, §3, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 411.) §59-1. Additional home State office space for Senators; declara- 247.8 tion of disaster or emergency. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to provide additional facilities, services, equipment, and office space for use by a Senator in that Senator's State in connection with a disaster or emergency declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [42 U.S.C.A. §5121 et seq.). Expenses incurred by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under this section shall be paid from the appropriation account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. (b) This section is effective on and after June 12, 1997. (Pub. L. 105-18, Title II, §7002, June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 192.) $59b. Purchase of office equipment or furnishings by Senators. 248 (a) Authorization; conditions Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a United States Senator may purchase, upon leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Senator (except by expulsion), any item or items of office equipment or office furnishings provided by the General Services Administration and then currently located and in use in an office of such Senator in the State then represented by such Senator. 248.1 (b) Request by Senator and arrangement for purchase by Ser- 248.2 geant at Arms of Senate; regulations governing purchase; price At the request of any United States Senator, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall arrange for and make the purchase of equipment and furnishings under subsection (a) of this section on behalf of such Senator. Each such purchase shall be (1) in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, after consultation with the General Services Administration; and (2) at a price equal to the acquisition cost to the Federal Government of the equipment or furnishings so purchased, less allowance for depreciation determined under such regulations, but in no instance less than the fair market value of such items. (c) Remittance of amounts received to General Services Adminis- 248.3 tration; disposition Amounts received by the Federal Government from the sale of items of office equipment or office furnishings under this section shall be remitted to the General Services Administration and credited to the appropriate account or accounts. (Oct. 20, 1974, Pub. L. 93-462, §2, 88 Stat. 1388.) 248.6 §59e. Official mail of persons entitled to use the congressional frank. (a) Congressional committee regulations for expenditure of appropriations for official mail Except as otherwise provided in this section, funds appropriated by this Act or any other Act for expenses of official mail of any person entitled to use the congressional frank may be expended only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, as applicable. Such regulations shall require— (1) individual accountability for use of official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank; (2)(A) with respect to the House of Representatives, allocation of funds for official mail to be made to each such person with respect to each session of Congress (with no transfer to any other session or to any other such person); and (B) with respect to the Senate, allocation of funds for official mail to be made to each such person with respect to each session of Congress (with no transfer to any other session, other than transfers from the first session of a Congress to the second session of that Congress, or to any other such person); and (3) with respect to the House of Representatives, that in addition to any other report or information made available to the public (through the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards or otherwise) regarding the use of the frank, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall include in the quarterly report of receipts and expenditures submitted to the House of Representatives a statement (based solely on data provided for that purpose by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards) of costs incurred for official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank. (b) Postmaster General functions The Postmaster General, in consultation with the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives— (1) shall monitor use of official mail by each person entitled to use the congressional frank; (2) at least monthly, shall notify any person with an allocation under subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section as to the amount that has been used and any person with an allocation under subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section as to the percentage of the allocation that has been used; and (3) may not carry or deliver official mail the cost of which is in excess of an allocation under subsection (a)(2) of this section. (c) Source of funds for expenses of official mail Expenses of official mail of the Senate and the House of Representatives may be paid only from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose and funds so appropriated (1) may be supplemented by other appropriated funds only if such supplementation is provided for by law or by regulation under subsection (a) of this section; and (2) may not be supplemented by funds from any other source, public or private. (d) Maintenance or use of unofficial office accounts or defrayal of official expenses from certain funds prohibited No Senator or Member of the House of Representatives may maintain or use, directly or indirectly, an unofficial office account or defray official expenses from (1) funds received from a political committee or derived from a contribution or expenditure (as such terms are defined in section 431 of this title); (2) funds received as reimbursement for expenses incurred by the Senator or Member in connection with personal services provided by the Senator or Member to the person making the reimbursement; or (3) any other funds that are not specifically appropriated for official expenses. (e) Official Mail Allowance in House of Representatives (1) The use of funds of the House of Representatives which are made available for official mail of Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives who are persons entitled to use the congressional frank shall be governed by regulations promulgated— (A) by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, with respect to allocation and expenditures relating to official mail (except as provided in subparagraph (B)); and (B) by the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, with respect to matters under section 3210(a)(6)(D) of title 39. (2) Funds used for official mail (A) with respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, shall be available, in a session of Congress, in a total amount, as determined under paragraph (1)(A), of not more than the product of (i) 3 times the single-piece rate applicable to first class mail, and (ii) the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in the congressional district, as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39; (B) with respect to any other person entitled to use the congressional frank in the House of Representatives (including any Member of the House of Representatives who receives an allocation under subsection (a)(2) of this seciton with respect to duties as an elected officer of, or holder of another position in, the House of Representatives), shall be available, in a session of Congress, in a total amount determined under paragraph (1)(A); and (f) Mass mailing, submission of samples or description of proposed mail matter, advisory opinion A Member of the House of Representatives shall, before making any mass mailing, submit a sample or description of the mail matter involved to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards for an |