[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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.