---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 505"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "505"
heading: "Mass mailing of information by Senators under frank; quarterly registration with Secretary of Senate"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/505"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — Congressional Mailing Standards"
---

# §505. Mass mailing of information by Senators under frank; quarterly registration with Secretary of Senate


In fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, when a Senator disseminates information under the frank by a mass mailing (as defined in [section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39](/usc/39/3210.md?p=a-6-E)), the Senator shall register quarterly with the Secretary of the Senate such mass mailings. Such registration shall be made by filing with the Secretary a copy of the matter mailed and providing, on a form supplied by the Secretary, a description of the group or groups of persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed and the number of pieces mailed.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 320, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2285.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 59g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.