solicitations in guise of bills or statements of account

solicitations in guise of bills or statements of account Sec. 118. (a) Section 4001 of title 39, United States Code, relating to nonmailable matter, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) Matter otherwise legally acceptable in the mails which— “(1) is in the form of, and reasonably could be interpreted or construed as, a bill, invoice, or statement of account due; but “(2) constitutes, in fact, a solicitation for the order by the addressee of goods or services, or both; is nonmailable, matter, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postmaster General directs, unless such matter bears on its face, in conspicuous and legible type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with other printing on its face, in accordance with regulations which the Postmaster General shall prescribe— “(A) the following notice: ‘This is a solicitation for the order of goods and/or services and not a bill, invoice, or state-81 Stat. 624ment of account due. You are not under obligation to make any payments on account of this offer unless you accept this offer.’; or “(B) in lieu thereof, a notice to the same effect in words which the Postmaster General may prescribe.”. (b) The amendment made by this section shall become effective with respect to matter mailed on or after the ninetieth day following the effective date of this section.