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title: "49 U.S.C. § 30105"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 30105 - Restriction on lobbying activities
## Text
(a) In General.— No funds appropriated to the Secretary for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall be available for any activity specifically designed to urge a State or local legislator to favor or oppose the adoption of any specific legislative proposal pending before any State or local legislative body.
(b) Appearance as Witness Not Barred.— Subsection (a) does not prohibit officers or employees of the United States from testifying before any State or local legislative body in response to the invitation of any member of that legislative body or a State executive office.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 105178, title VII, § 7104(a), (c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 105206, title IX, § 9012(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 864.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105178, § 7104(c), as added by Pub. L. 105206, inserted “for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration” after “Secretary”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 AmendmentTitle IX of Pub. L. 105206 effective simultaneously with enactment of Pub. L. 105178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105178 at time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105178, as in effect on day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105206, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.