[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1226.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

PART 1226_PROHIBITIONS ON ELECTORAL AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  1226.1  Purpose.





    This part implements provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, Pub. L. 93-113, as amended, hereinafter 

referred to as the Act, pertaining to the prohibited use of Federal 

funds or the involvement of agency programs and volunteers in electoral 

and lobbying activities. These regulations are designed to define and 

clarify the nature and scope of prohibited activities to ensure that 

programs under the Act and volunteer activities are conducted within the 

statutory bounds established by the Act. The penalties for violation of 

the regulations are also prescribed. The statutory source of the 

prohibitions upon electoral and lobbying activities is section 403 (a) 

and (b) of the Act. Rules applying to the Hatch Act (Title III of 

chapter 73, title 5, United States Code) to full time and certain part 

time volunteers, as required by section 415(b) of the Act, are also set 

forth herein.