Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§12634 Prohibition on use of funds

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 129— - NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12634

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grant funds cannot pay for religious teaching, worship, or conversion. They cannot be used to help or stop union organizing or to fund efforts to influence federal, state, or local elections. Programs getting these funds must not break existing contracts or union labor agreements, and they cannot get money only to refer people to federal aid or to state programs that get federal funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12634

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(a)No assistance made available under a grant under this subchapter shall be used to provide religious instruction, conduct worship services, or engage in any form of proselytization.

(b)Assistance provided under this subchapter shall not be used by program participants and program staff to—

(1)assist, promote, or deter union organizing; or

(2)finance, directly or indirectly, any activity designed to influence the outcome of an election to Federal office or the outcome of an election to a State or local public office.

(c)A program that receives assistance under this subchapter shall not impair existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements.

(d)A program may not receive assistance under the national service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal assistance programs or State assistance programs funded in part by the Federal Government.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–13 added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12634

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73