42 U.S.C. § 12584a — Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations

submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 101-610 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 374 words · no verdicts yet

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People serving in approved national service positions cannot do certain things. They can't lobby, organize protests, do partisan politics, provide abortion referrals, or engage in most religious activities. Groups that broke a federal criminal law cannot get this funding at all.

(a) Prohibited activities. A person in an approved national service position cannot: (1) try to influence legislation; (2) organize or take part in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes; (3) help, promote, or block union organizing; (4) interfere with existing service contracts or union agreements; (5) engage in partisan political activity, or anything meant to sway a federal, state, or local election; (6) join or endorse events likely to advocate for or against political parties, platforms, candidates, proposed laws, or elected officials; (7) give religious instruction, run worship services, teach in a program requiring religious education or worship, build or run facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, or proselytize — consistent with section 12584; (8) directly benefit (A) a for-profit business, (B) a labor union, (C) a partisan political organization, (D) a nonprofit that fails to follow section 501(c) of title 26 — except that participants may still do advocacy on their own initiative — or (E) a religious organization doing the activities in item (7), unless the position does not support those activities; (9) provide abortion services or referrals for them; (10) run a voter registration drive, or use Corporation money for one; or (11) do any other activity the Corporation decides to prohibit. (b) Ineligibility. No organization that has violated a federal criminal law can get assistance under this division. (c) Nondisplacement of employed workers or other volunteers. A participant cannot be told to do work that would break the rules against duplicating, displacing, or replacing paid employees or other volunteers, found in section 12637.

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(a) Prohibited activities

An approved national service position under this division may not be used for the following activities:

(1)

Attempting to influence legislation.

(2)

Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.

(3)

Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing.

(4)

Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.

(5)

Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to Federal office or the outcome of an election to a State or local public office.

(6)

Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials.

(7)

Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of proselytization, consistent with section 12584 of this title.

(8)

Consistent with section 12584 of this title, providing a direct benefit to any—

(A)

business organized for profit;

(B)

labor union;

(C)

partisan political organization;

(D)

nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section 501(c) of title 26, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and

(E)

organization engaged in the religious activities described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not used to support those religious activities.

(9)

Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services.

(10)

Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive.

(11)

Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.

(b) Ineligibility

No assistance provided under this division may be provided to any organization that has violated a Federal criminal statute.

A participant in an approved national service position under this division may not be directed to perform any services or duties, or to engage in any activities, prohibited under the nonduplication, nondisplacement, or nonsupplantation requirements relating to employees and volunteers in section 12637 of this title.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 132A, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1310, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1507.)

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2009Enacted · Pub. L. 101-610 · 123 Stat. 1507

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