Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Chapter 301 — Federal Election Campaigns
§ 30142. Prohibition against use of certain Federal funds for election activities
Statutory text
No part of any funds appropriated to carry out the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.] shall be used to finance, directly or indirectly, any activity designed to influence the outcome of any election to Federal office, or any voter registration activity, or to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Office of Economic Opportunity who, in his official capacity as such an officer or employee, engages in any such activity.
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.
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
Pub. L. 92–225 title IV § 402 · 86 Stat. 3
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 30142
Pub. L. 92–225, title IV, § 402, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 19
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 92–225, title IV, § 402, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 19Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 402. prohibition against use of certain federal funds for election activities No part of any funds appropriated to carry out the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 shall be used to finance, directly or 78 Stat. 508. 42 USC 2701 note. indirectly, any activity designed to influence the outcome of any election to Federal office, or any voter registration activity, or to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Office of Economic Opportunity who, in his official capacity as such an officer or employee, engages in any such activity. As used in this section, the term “election” “Election.” has the same meaning given such term by section 301(a) of the Fed- Ante, p. 11. “Federal office.” eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, and the term “Federal office” has the same meaning given such term by section 301(c) of such Act.Pub. L. 93–443 title II § 201(b)(2) · 88 Stat. 1263
Struck · 52 U.S.C. § 30142
Pub. L. 93–443 struck out reference to section 431(a) and (c) of this title for definition of “election” and “Federal office”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 93–443 struck out reference to section 431(a) and (c) of this title for definition of “election” and “Federal office”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 402 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 2 USC 452. relating to prohibition against use of certain Federal funds for election activities, is amended by striking out the last sentence.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–443 effective Jan. 1, 1975, see section 410(a) of Pub. L. 93–443, set out as a note under section 30101 of this title.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–452, , 78 Stat. 508, which was classified generally to chapter 34 (§ 2701 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal, except for titles VIII and X, by Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 683(a), , 95 Stat. 519. Titles VIII and X of the Act are classified generally to subchapters VIII (§ 2991 et seq.) and X (§ 2996 et seq.) of chapter 34 of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 452 of Title 2, The Congress, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers referenced in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections prior to their editorial reclassification to this title.
Amendments
1974—Pub. L. 93–443 struck out reference to section 431(a) and (c) of this title for definition of “election” and “Federal office”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–443 effective , see section 410(a) of Pub. L. 93–443, set out as a note under section 30101 of this title.
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pub. L. 93–644, § 9(a), , 88 Stat. 2310 [42 U.S.C. 2941], amended the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.] to create the Community Services Administration, an independent agency in the executive branch, as the successor authority to the Office of Economic Opportunity, and provided that references to the Office of Economic Opportunity or to its Director were deemed to refer to the Community Services Administration or to its Director. The Community Services Administration was terminated when the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, except for titles VIII and X, was repealed, effective , by section 683(a) of Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, , 95 Stat. 519, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 9912(a). An Office of Community Services, headed by a Director, was established in the Department of Health and Human Services by section 676 of Pub. L. 97–35, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 9905.
Credits
1972–1974 · 2 acts
- 1972Pub. L. 92–225, title IV, § 402, , 86 Stat. 19
- 1974Pub. L. 93–443, title II, § 201(b)(2), , 88 Stat. 1275.
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(Pub. L. 92–225, title IV, § 402, , 86 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 93–443, title II, § 201(b)(2), , 88 Stat. 1275.)