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.
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.
Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7104(a)112 Stat. 466Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9012(a)112 Stat. 864(Added and amended , (c), , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 105–178, § 7104(c)Pub. L. 105–2061998—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
Pub. L. 105–206Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–178Pub. L. 105–206section 9016 of Pub. L. 105–206section 101 of Title 23Title 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.