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title: "42 U.S.C. § 13261"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 13261 - Prohibited acts

## Text

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of section 13251, 13253(b), 13257, or 13263a of this title, or any regulation issued under such sections.

(Pub. L. 102–486, title V, § 511, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2899; Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 703(b), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 816.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2005—Pub. L. 109–58 substituted “13257, or 13263a” for “or 13257”.