{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s14404","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f14404.","heading":"Restriction on use of Federal funds by advocacy programs","text":"\u00a7\u202f14404.\nRestriction on use of Federal funds by advocacy programs\n(a)\nIn general\nSubject to\n(1) securing or funding any item, benefit, program, or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual;\n(2) compelling any person, institution, governmental entity\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cor governmental entity\u201d.\n(3) asserting or advocating a legal right to cause, or to assist in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual.\n(b)\nList of programs to which restrictions apply\n(1)\nIn general\nSubsection (a) applies to funds appropriated under or to carry out the following:\n(A)\nProtection and advocacy systems under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000\nSubtitle C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [\n42 U.S.C. 15041\n(B)\nProtection and advocacy systems under the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act\nThe Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986\n2\n2 See References in Text note below.\n42 U.S.C. 10801\n(C)\nProtection and advocacy systems under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973\nSection 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (\n29 U.S.C. 794e\n(D)\nOmbudsman programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965\nOmbudsman programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965 [\n42 U.S.C. 3001\n(E)\nLegal assistance\nLegal assistance programs under the Legal Services Corporation Act [\n42 U.S.C. 2996\n(2)\nNonexclusive list\nNothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the application of subsection (a) to the programs specified in paragraph (1).","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s14404.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s14404","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f14404."},{"t":"heading","text":"Restriction on use of Federal funds by advocacy programs"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s14404/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Subject to ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 14402(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s14402/b","tail":" (relating to construction and treatment of certain services), no funds appropriated by Congress may be used to assist in, to support, or to fund any activity or service which has a purpose of assisting in, or to bring suit or provide any other form of legal assistance for the purpose of\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s14404/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" securing or funding any item, benefit, program, or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s14404/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" compelling any person, institution, governmental entity\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. 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