39 USC § 3219 - Mailgrams

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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s3219"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "39 USC § 3219 - Mailgrams"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "3219"
section_name: "Mailgrams"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "MAIL MATTER"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 93–191, § 12(a), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 746; amended Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 714(c), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1884; Pub. L. 97–263, § 1(4), Sept. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 1132.)"
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# § 3219. Mailgrams

section 3216(a)(2) of this titlesection 3210 of this title

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 , if such Mailgram contains matter of the kind authorized to be sent by that official as franked mail under .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 93–191, § 12(a), Dec. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 746; amended Pub. L. 95–521, title VII, § 714(c), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1884; Pub. L. 97–263, § 1(4), Sept. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 1132.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1982— inserted reference to Law Revision Counsel of House of Representatives.

1978— inserted reference to Senate Legal Counsel.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , The Congress.

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under .