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LegalText 52 U.S.C. § 30142 Prohibition against use of certain Federal funds for election activities us united_states_code code_section 52 VOTING AND ELECTIONS 301 FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 30142 52 U.S.C. § 30142 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc52@119-100.zip /us/usc/t52/s30142 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-52/usc52.xml 17bc382f5ad58802a3a3b62f9a93f3a8f0008cd3c7259c20534500ade4a4cffa 5600bd7cd3d8c74d24829ef745020a0f713944161d1d371581a369704150a87a bb5e8afdc24e134eaa83ba0426477b6e9dd5dcaba3712d7304744ca1b62531f3 2026-07-04 official
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52 U.S.C. § 30142 - Prohibition against use of certain Federal funds for election activities

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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.

(Pub. L. 92225, title IV, § 402, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 93443, title II, § 201(b)(2), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1275.)

Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThe Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88452, Aug. 20, 1964, 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. 9735, title VI, § 683(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 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.

Amendments1974—Pub. L. 93443 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 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93443 effective Jan. 1, 1975, see section 410(a) of Pub. L. 93443, set out as a note under section 30101 of this title.

Office of Economic OpportunityPub. L. 93644, § 9(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 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 Oct. 1, 1981, by section 683(a) of Pub. L. 9735, title VI, Aug. 13, 1981, 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. 9735, which is classified to 42 U.S.C. 9905.