United States Code · Section
§ 1913 — Lobbying With Appropriated Moneys
18 U.S.C. § 1913
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No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any government, to favor, adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation, whether before or after the introduction of any bill, measure, or resolution proposing such legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees of the United States or of its departments or agencies from communicating to any such Member or official, at his request, or to Congress or such official, through the proper official channels, requests for any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business, or from making any communication whose prohibition by this section might, in the opinion of the Attorney General, violate the Constitution or interfere with the conduct of foreign policy, counter-intelligence, intelligence, or national security activities. Violations of this section shall constitute violations of section 1352(a) of title 31.
Implementing Regulations
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§ 706.212 Miscellaneous statutory provisions.18 C.F.R. § 706.212
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§ 706.206 Support of Council programs.18 C.F.R. § 706.206
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§ 200.735-113 Miscellaneous statutory provisions.19 C.F.R. § 200.735-113
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§ 1203.735-216 Miscellaneous statutory provisions.22 C.F.R. § 1203.735-216
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§ 700.565 Miscellaneous statutory provisions.25 C.F.R. § 700.565
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§ 1400.735-21 Miscellaneous statutory provisions.29 C.F.R. § 1400.735-21
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§ 73.202 Support of Department programs.45 C.F.R. § 73.202
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§ 20.506 Appropriations, legislation and lobbying.43 C.F.R. § 20.506
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§ 2635.902 Related statutes.5 C.F.R. § 2635.902
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§ 4279.281 Conditions precedent to issuance of Loan Note Guarantee.7 C.F.R. § 4279.281
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§ 94.122 Expressly unallowable sub-recipient costs.28 C.F.R. § 94.122