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45 C.F.R. § 1639.3

Prohibition

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Except as provided in §§ 1639.4 and 1639.5, recipients may not initiate legal representation, or participate in any other way in litigation, lobbying or rulemaking, involving an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system. Prohibited activities include participation in:

(a) Litigation challenging laws or regulations enacted as part of an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system.

(b) Rulemaking involving proposals that are being considered to implement an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system.

(c) Lobbying before legislative or administrative bodies undertaken directly or through grassroots efforts involving pending or proposed legislation that is part of an effort to reform a Federal or State welfare system.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Legal Servs. Corp. v. Velazquez, 531 U.S. 533 (2001).
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Legal Servs. Corp. v. Velazquez, 531 U.S. 533 (2001). · cites it 2× “See 45 CFR § 1639.3 (2000). *551 The restrictions relating to rulemaking and lobbying are superfluous; they duplicate general prohibitions on the use of LSC funds for those activities found elsewhere in the Appropriations Act.”
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