§ 14404. Restriction on use of Federal funds by advocacy programs

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “or governmental entity”.
2. 2 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1997

   Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997

   Pub. L. 105–12 § 5 · 111 Stat. 23

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 14404

   Pub. L. 105–12, § 5, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 25

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 105–12, § 5, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 25

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 5. RESTRICTION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS BY ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. (a) In General.— Subject to section 3(b) (relating to construction and treatment of certain services), no funds appropriated by Congress may be used to assist in, to support, or to fund any activity or service which has a purpose of assisting in, or to bring suit or provide any other form of legal assistance for the purpose of— (1) securing or funding any item, benefit, program, or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual; (2) compelling any person, institution, governmental entity to provide or fund any item, benefit, program, or service for such purpose; or (3) asserting or advocating a legal right to cause, or to assist in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual. (b) List of Programs to Which Restrictions Apply.— (1) In general.— Subsection (a) applies to funds appropriated under or to carry out the following: (A) Protection and advocacy systems under the developmental disabilities assistance and bill of rights act.— Part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. (B) Protection and advocacy systems under the protection and advocacy for mentally ill individuals act.— The Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986. (C) Protection and advocacy systems under the rehabilitation act of 1973.— Section 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794e). (D) Ombudsman programs under the older americans act of 1965.— Ombudsman programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965. (E) Legal assistance.— Legal assistance programs under the Legal Services Corporation Act. (2) Nonexclusive list.— Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the application of subsection (a) to the programs specified in paragraph (1).

2. 2000

   Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000

   Pub. L. 106–402 title IV § 401(b)(15)(B) · 114 Stat. 1677

   1. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 14404(b)(1)(A)

      Pub. L. 106–402 added subpar. (A)

   2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 14404(b)(1)(A)

      Pub. L. 106–402 struck out heading and text of former subpar. (A). Text read as follows: “Part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 106–402 added subpar. (A) and struck out heading and text of former subpar. (A). Text read as follows: “Part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) Section 5(b)(1) of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14404(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: “(A) Protection and advocacy systems under the developmental disabilities assistance and bill of rights act of 2000.— Subtitle C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000. ” .

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision