---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1608.5"
title: "45"
number: "1608.5"
heading: "Prohibitions applicable to Corporation employees and to staff attorneys."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1608.5"
---

# §1608.5. Prohibitions applicable to Corporation employees and to staff attorneys.


While employed under the act, no Corporation employee and no staff attorney shall, at any time,

- (a) Use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or nomination for office, whether partisan of nonpartisan;
- (b) Directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command or advise an employee of the Corporation or of any recipient to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to a political party, or committee, organization, agency or person for political purposes; or
- (c) **Be a candidate for partisan elective public office.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1001(5), 1005(b)(2), 1006(b)(3), 1006(b)(5)(B), 1006(d)(3), 1006 (d)(4), 1006(e)(1), 1006(e)(2), 1007(a)(6), 1007(b)(2); 42 U.S.C. 2996(5), 2996d(b)(2), 2996e(b)(3), 2996e(b)(5)(B), 2996e(d)(3), 2996e(d)(4), 2996e(e)(1), 2996e(e)(2), 2996f(a)(6), 2996(b)(2).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 32773, July 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted.