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49 U.S.C. § 30105 — Restriction on lobbying activities

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-178 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 96 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary can't use National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funds to lobby state or local lawmakers. Officials can't push a specific bill in a state or local legislature. But officials may still testify if a lawmaker or state official invites them.

(a) In General. No money given to the Secretary for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may be used for any activity specifically designed to push a state or local lawmaker to support or oppose a specific piece of legislation pending before a state or local legislative body. (b) Appearance as Witness Not Barred. Subsection (a) doesn't stop federal officers or employees from testifying before a state or local legislative body, as long as they were invited to testify by a member of that body or by a state executive office.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(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.

Source credit: (Added and amended Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7104(a), (c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9012(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 864.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-178 · 112 Stat. 466
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-206 · 112 Stat. 864

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-178 on 1998-06-09.

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