34 USC § 11281 - Restriction on use of funds

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s11281"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 11281 - Restriction on use of funds"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "11281"
section_name: "Restriction on use of funds"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "General Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 389, as added Pub. L. 108–96, title I, § 120, Oct. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1171.)"
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# § 11281. Restriction on use of funds

**(a)** **In general** None of the funds contained in this subchapter may be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.

**(b)** **Separate accounting** Any individual or entity who receives any funds contained in this subchapter and who carries out any program described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used for such program separately from any funds contained in this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 389, as added Pub. L. 108–96, title I, § 120, Oct. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1171.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.