# § 30142. Prohibition against use of certain Federal funds for election activities
42 U.S.C. 2701
No part of any funds appropriated to carry out the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [ et seq.] shall be used to finance, directly or indirectly, any activity designed to influence the outcome of any election to Federal office, or any voter registration activity, or to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Office of Economic Opportunity who, in his official capacity as such an officer or employee, engages in any such activity.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–225, title IV, § 402, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 19; Pub. L. 93–443, title II, § 201(b)(2), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1275.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, referred to in text, is , , , which was classified generally to chapter 34 (§ 2701 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal, except for titles VIII and X, by , , . Titles VIII and X of the Act are classified generally to subchapters VIII (§ 2991 et seq.) and X (§ 2996 et seq.) of chapter 34 of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to , The Congress, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers referenced in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections prior to their editorial reclassification to this title.
### Amendments
1974— struck out reference to section 431(a) and (c) of this title for definition of “election” and “Federal office”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Office of Economic Opportunity
, , [], amended the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 [ et seq.] to create the Community Services Administration, an independent agency in the executive branch, as the successor authority to the Office of Economic Opportunity, and provided that references to the Office of Economic Opportunity or to its Director were deemed to refer to the Community Services Administration or to its Director. The Community Services Administration was terminated when the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, except for titles VIII and X, was repealed, effective , by , title VI, , , which is classified to . An Office of Community Services, headed by a Director, was established in the Department of Health and Human Services by , which is classified to .