; and (B) in the sentence beginning with Notwithstanding any other provision of law , by striking a violation of the franking laws or an abuse of the franking privilege by any person listed under subsection (d) of this section as entitled to send mail as franked mail, and inserting a violation of any provision of law or any rule or regulation of the House of Representatives to which subsection (d) applies, . (3) Mass communication defined Section 5 of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 501 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) In this section, the term mass communication means a mass mailing described in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United States Code, or any other unsolicited communication of substantially identical content which is transmitted to 500 or more persons in a session of Congress, as provided under regulations of the Commission, except that such term does not include— (1) any communication from an individual described in subsection (d) to another individual described in subsection (d), a Senator, or any Federal, State, local, or Tribal government official; (2) any news release to the communications media; (3) any such mass mailing or unsolicited communication made in direct response to a communication from a person to whom the mass mailing or unsolicited communication was transmitted; or (4) in the case of any such unsolicited communication which is transmitted in a digital format, a communication for which the cost of the content is less than a threshold amount established under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission. . (b) Authority To review all unsolicited mass communications (1) Requiring review before dissemination Section 311(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 ( 2 U.S.C. 503(f) ) is amended— (A) by striking any mass mailing and inserting any mass communication ; (B) by striking mail matter and inserting matter