; (B) by striking mail matter and inserting matter ; and (C) by striking such proposed mailing and inserting such proposed communication . (2) Exception for certain communications Section 311(f) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 503(f) ) is amended— (A) by striking A Member and inserting (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a Member ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of any type of mass communication which is designated as exempt from the requirements of such paragraph as provided under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission. . (3) Definition Section 311(g) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 503(g) ) is amended— (A) by striking and at the end of paragraph (1); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) 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 House Communications Standards Commission, except that such term does not include— (A) any communication from a Member of the House of Representatives to another Member of the House of Representatives, a Senator, or any Federal, State, or local government official; (B) any news release to the communications media; (C) 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