50 CFR § 80.55 - What activities are ineligible for funding?

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title: "50 CFR § 80.55 - What activities are ineligible for funding?"
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section_name: "What activities are ineligible for funding?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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# 80.55 What activities are ineligible for funding?

The following activities are ineligible for funding under the Acts, except when necessary to carry out project purposes approved by the Regional Director:

(a) Law enforcement activities (see definition at § 80.2).

(b) The formal administrative process for establishing State fish and wildlife agency regulations. This process:

(1) Begins when boards, commissions, or other policymakers receive information and recommendations from State fish and wildlife agencies and use this input to develop and implement public policy.

(2) Involves official filing and publication of regulations, including State administrative procedures to officially adopt rules and laws to meet authoritative requirements.

(3) Includes printing and distributing the official code of regulations, or State equivalent, except as provided for under §§ 80.50(b)(2)(ii) and 80.51(d)(2) (which pertains to the agency's interpretive guides and regulatory resources for the public) for the purposes of R3.

(c) License sales and other activities conducted for the primary purpose of producing income. These activities include processes and procedures directly related to the sale of items listed at § 80.20(a).

(d) Activities, projects, or programs that promote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of fish, hunting, or the trapping of wildlife.

(e) Activities or projects that do not provide public access when access is a purpose of the funding or an objective of the award (see § 80.58).