Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§14405 Restriction on use of other Federal funds
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 138— - ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION › § 14405
Summary
Congressional money must not be used to provide, buy, or pay for anything that is meant to cause or help cause a person's suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. That ban does not apply to funds covered by sections 14402, 14403, or 14404 of this title, except as subsection (b) says. For funds used to carry out Title 10 (except chapter 55), Title 18 (except section 4005(a)), and chapter 37 of Title 28, the ban in subsection (a) applies instead of section 14402.
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Title 42, §14405
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(a)Subject to section 14402(b) of this title (relating to construction and treatment of certain services) and subsection (b) of this section, no funds appropriated by the Congress shall be used to provide, procure, furnish, or fund any item, good, benefit, activity, or service, furnished or performed for the purpose of causing, or assisting in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual.
(b)Subsection (a) shall not apply to funds to which section 14402, 14403, or 14404 of this title applies, except that subsection (a), rather than section 14402 of this title, shall apply to funds appropriated to carry out title 10 (other than chapter 55), title 18 (other than section 4005(a)), and chapter 37 of title 28.
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42 U.S.C. § 14405
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73