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39 U.S.C. § 3220 — Use of official mail in the location and recovery of missing children
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**(a)**
(1) The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, after consultation with appropriate public and private agencies, shall prescribe general guidelines under which penalty mail may be used to assist in the location and recovery of missing children. The guidelines shall provide information relating to—
(A) the form and manner in which materials and information relating to missing children (such as biographical data and pictures, sketches, or other likenesses) may be included in penalty mail;
(B) appropriate sources from which such materials and information may be obtained;
(C) the procedures by which such materials and information may be obtained; and
(D) any other matter which the Office considers appropriate.
(2) Each executive department and independent establishment of the Government of the United States shall prescribe regulations under which penalty mail sent by such department or establishment may be used in conformance with the guidelines prescribed under paragraph (1).
**(b)** The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Communications Standards Commission shall prescribe for their respective Houses rules and regulations, and shall take such other action as the Committee or Commission considers necessary and proper, in order that purposes similar to those of subsection (a) may, in the discretion of the congressional official or office concerned, be carried out by the use of franked mail sent by such official or office.
**(c)** As used in this section, “Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention” and “Office” each means the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice, as established by section 201 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 197
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**(a)**
(1) The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, after consultation with appropriate public and private agencies, shall prescribe general guidelines under which penalty mail may be used to assist in the location and recovery of missing children. The guidelines shall provide information relating to—
(A) the form and manner in which materials and information relating to missing children (such as biographical data and pictures, sketches, or other likenesses) may be included in penalty mail;
(B) appropriate sources from which such materials and information may be obtained;
(C) the procedures by which such materials and information may be obtained; and
(D) any other matter which the Office considers appropriate.
(2) Each executive department and independent establishment of the Government of the United States shall prescribe regulations under which penalty mail sent by such department or establishment may be used in conformance with the guidelines prescribed under paragraph (1).
**(b)** The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Communications Standards Commission shall prescribe for their respective Houses rules and regulations, and shall take such other action as the Committee or Commission considers necessary and proper, in order that purposes similar to those of subsection (a) may, in the discretion of the congressional official or office concerned, be carried out by the use of franked mail sent by such official or office.
**(c)** As used in this section, “Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention” and “Office” each means the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the Department of Justice, as established by section 201 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.
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The Director of the Government Publishing Office on order of a Member of Congress, on prepayment of the cost, may reprint documents and reports of committees together with the evidence papers submitted, or any part ordered printed by the Congress.
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**(a)** The Office of Personnel Management may, for any Executive agency—
(1) establish, and from time to time revise, the maximum number of positions which may at any one time be classified above GS–15; and
(2) establish standards and procedures published by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management in such form as the Director may determine (including requiring agencies, where necessary in the judgment of the Office, to obtain the prior approval of the Office) in accordance with which positions may be classified above GS–15.
**(b)** The President, rather than the Office, shall exercise the authority under subsection (a) in the case of positions proposed to be placed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service.
**(c)** The Librarian of Congress may classify positions in the Library of Congress above GS–15 pursuant to standards established by the Office in subsection (a)(2).
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**(a) Establishment; designation** There is established a special commission of the House of Representatives, designated the “House Communications Standards Commission” (herein referred to as the “Commission”).
**(b) Membership; political party representation; Chairman; vacancies; quorum** The Commission shall be composed of six Members appointed by the Speaker of the House, three from the majority political party, and three from the minority political party, in the House. The Speaker shall designate as Chairman of the Commission, from among the members of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House, one of the Members appointed to the Commission. A vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business.
**(c) Assistance and use of personnel, including chief counsel, of Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House** In performing its duties and functions, the Commission may use such personnel, office space, equipment, and facilities of, and obtain such other assistance from, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House, as such committee shall make available to the Commission. Such personnel and assistance shall include, in all cases, the services and assistance of the chief counsel or other head of the professional staff (by whatever title designated) of such committee. All assistance so furnished to the Commission by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service shall be sufficient to enable the Commission to perform its duties and functions efficiently and effectively.
**(d) Advisory opinions or consultations respecting franked mail for persons entitled to franking privilege; franking privilege regu
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**(a) Placement within Department of Justice under general authority of Attorney General** There is hereby established an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (hereinafter in this division 11 See References in Text note below. referred to as the “Office”) within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General.
**(b) Administrator; head, appointment, authorities, etc.** The Office shall be headed by an Administrator (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Administrator”) appointed by the President from among individuals who have had experience in juvenile justice programs. The Administrator is authorized to prescribe regulations consistent with this chapter to award, administer, modify, extend, terminate, monitor, evaluate, reject, or deny all grants and contracts from, and applications for, funds made available under this subchapter. The Administrator shall have the same reporting relationship with the Attorney General as the directors of other offices and bureaus within the Office of Justice Programs have.
**(c) Deputy Administrator; appointment, functions, etc.** There shall be in the Office a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed by the Attorney General. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator may from time to time assign or delegate and shall act as the Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator.
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TITLE 39—POSTAL SERVICE
§ 3219
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 755; Pub. L.
93–191, § 11, Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 746; Pub. L.
97–69, § 6(b), (c)(1), Oct. 26, 1981, 95 Stat. 1043.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1981—Pub. L. 97–69 substituted ‘‘survivors’’ for ‘‘sur-
viving spouses’’ in section catchline and, in text, in-
serted ‘‘(or, if there is no surviving spouse, a member
of the immediate family of the Member designated by
the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, as appropriate, in accordance with
rules and procedures established by the Secretary or
the Clerk)’’ after ‘‘such Member’’.
1973—Pub. L. 93–191 inserted ‘‘nonpolitical’’ before
‘‘correspondence’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1973 AMENDMENT
Amendment 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.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution
No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of
Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101
of this title.
§ 3219. Mailgrams
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 au-
thorized to be sent by that official as franked
mail und
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