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title: "54 U.S.C. § 302909"
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title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 302909 - Prohibited use of grant amounts

## Text

No part of any grant made under this subdivision shall be used to compensate any person intervening in any proceeding under this division.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3205.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30290916 U.S.C. 470a(f).Pub. L. 89–665, title I, § 101(f), formerly § 101(e), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915; Pub. L. 91–383, § 11, as added Pub. L. 94–458, § 2, Oct. 7, 1976, 90 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 93–54, § 1(d), July 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 139; Pub. L. 96–205, title VI, § 608(a)(1), (2), Mar. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 96–515, title II, § 201(a), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2992; redesignated as § 101(f), Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4006(a)(1), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4758.