49 USC § 30105 - Restriction on lobbying activities

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title: "49 USC § 30105 - Restriction on lobbying activities"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "30105"
section_name: "Restriction on lobbying activities"
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
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part_name: "GENERAL"
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source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7104(a), (c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9012(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 864.)"
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# § 30105. Restriction on lobbying activities

**(a)** **In General.—** No funds appropriated to the Secretary for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall be available for any activity specifically designed to urge a State or local legislator to favor or oppose the adoption of any specific legislative proposal pending before any State or local legislative body.

**(b)** **Appearance as Witness Not Barred.—** Subsection (a) does not prohibit officers or employees of the United States from testifying before any State or local legislative body in response to the invitation of any member of that legislative body or a State executive office.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7104(a), (c), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9012(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 864.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a). , as added by , inserted “for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration” after “Secretary”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Title IX of  effective simultaneously with enactment of  and to be treated as included in  at time of enactment, and provisions of , as in effect on day before , that are amended by title IX of  to be treated as not enacted, see , set out as a note under , Highways.